bird dog vs cop

bird dog

verb
  • To seek out. 

  • A multiservice tactical brevity code requesting configuration of sensors. 

  • To watch closely. 

noun
  • A dog, especially a pointer, used in shooting to retrieve the dead birds. 

  • A tout. 

  • A person who seeks out real estate investment opportunities in exchange for a fee. 

  • A person who tries to steal someone else's romantic partner 

  • A radar detector (for detecting police speed traps). 

  • A hyperextension exercise performed lying on the knees, with one arm and the opposite leg lifted. 

cop

verb
  • To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take. 

  • To steal. 

  • To adopt. 

  • To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing. 

  • To earn by bad behavior. 

  • Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable. 

  • To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing. 

  • To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time. 

noun
  • The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine. 

  • A police officer or prison guard. 

  • A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee. 

  • A tube or quill upon which silk is wound. 

  • A merlon. 

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