Cop vs. Spider

Copnoun

(obsolete) A spider.

Copnoun

A police officer or prison guard.

Copnoun

(crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.

Copnoun

(obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.

Copnoun

(obsolete) The crown (of the head); also the head itself.

Copnoun

A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.

Copnoun

A merlon.

Copverb

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

Copverb

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

Copverb

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

Copverb

(transitive) To steal.

Copverb

(transitive) To adopt.

Copverb

(transitive) To earn by bad behavior.

Copverb

to admit, especially to a crime.

Copnoun

The top of a thing; the head; a crest.

Copnoun

A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.

Copnoun

A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.

Copnoun

Same as Merlon.

Copnoun

A policeman.

Copnoun

uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

Copverb

take by theft;

Copverb

take into custody;

Copnoun

a police officer

Copnoun

shrewdness; practical intelligence

Copnoun

a conical mass of thread wound on to a spindle.

Copverb

catch or arrest (an offender)

Copverb

incur (something unwelcome)

Copverb

get into trouble

Copverb

be killed

Copverb

receive or attain (something welcome)

Copverb

obtain (an illegal drug)

Copverb

strike (an attitude or pose)

Spidernoun

Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.

Spidernoun

(Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

Spidernoun

A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).

Spidernoun

(slang) A spindly person.

Spidernoun

(slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.

Spidernoun

A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge.

Spidernoun

A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.

Spidernoun

(cooking) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a spider skimmer

Spidernoun

A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached

Spidernoun

(slang) Heroin (street drug).

Spidernoun

(music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.

Spidernoun

A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.

Spidernoun

(sports) The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard

Spiderverb

To move like a spider.

Spiderverb

To cover a surface like a cobweb.

Spiderverb

To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

Spidernoun

Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.

Spidernoun

Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under Red).

Spidernoun

An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals on the hearth.

Spidernoun

A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.

Spidernoun

A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc.

Spidernoun

predatory arachnid that usually has silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey

Spidernoun

a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine

Spidernoun

a skillet made of cast iron

Spidernoun

an eight-legged predatory arachnid with an unsegmented body consisting of a fused head and thorax and a rounded abdomen. Spiders have fangs which inject poison into their prey, and most kinds spin webs in which to capture insects.

Spidernoun

used in names of arachnids similar or related to spiders, e.g. sea spider, sun spider.

Spidernoun

an object resembling a spider, especially one having numerous or prominent legs or radiating spokes.

Spidernoun

a set of radiating elastic ties used to hold a load in place on a vehicle.

Spidernoun

a long-legged rest for a billiard cue that can be placed over a ball without touching it.

Spidernoun

another term for crawler (sense 2)

Spiderverb

move in a scuttling manner suggestive of a spider

Spiderverb

form a pattern suggestive of a spider or its web

Spiderverb

another term for crawl (sense 4 of the verb)

Spider

Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms.