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Copout
Avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty; the action of copping out.
📖 Definitions of "Copout"
noun
- 1
Avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty; the action of copping out.
"His disappearance on the day of the audition was just a cop-out."
- 2
An excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out.
"It was a cop-out to say he couldn't sign the petition because he sprained his wrist."
- 3
A person who cops out.
"He's always a cop-out when there's hard work to be done."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Copout"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| coverupnoun | Alternative spelling of cover-up. [An attempt to conceal or disguise something, especially a wrongdoing or a mistake.] |
| copy-catnoun | Alternative spelling of copycat. [(informal, derogatory) One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.] |
| copy catnoun | Alternative spelling of copycat. [(informal, derogatory) One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.] |
| cast-offnoun | Alternative form of castoff. [Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject.] |
| hide-outnoun | Alternative spelling of hideout. [A place to hide.] |
| cutoutnoun | Alternative spelling of cut-out. [A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting.] |
| keystone kopnoun | Alternative form of Keystone Cop. [(informal) A bungling, incompetent policeman.] |
| blow-offnoun | Alternative spelling of blowoff. [Something that is blown off.] |
| cop killernoun | Alternative spelling of cop-killer. [A person who deliberately kills an on-duty police officer.] |
| walkoffnoun | Alternative form of walk-off. [A prisoner who escapes custody without violence by taking advantage of the opportunity provided by negligent or distracted guards.] |
| holdupnoun | Alternative form of hold-up. [(colloquial) A delay or wait.] |
| slipupnoun | Alternative form of slip-up. [(idiomatic) A (small) error or mistake; a (minor) misstep.] |
| sell-outnoun | Alternative form of sellout. [(informal, idiomatic) An action in which principles are compromised for personal gain.] |
| run-aroundnoun | Synonym of runabout. |
| back-stopnoun | Alternative spelling of backstop. [An object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.] |
| copshopnoun | Alternative form of cop shop. [(UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, slang) A police station.] |
| bump-offnoun | Alternative spelling of bumpoff. [(chiefly US, slang) A murder.] |
| screw-upnoun | Alternative spelling of screwup. [(colloquial) A substantial mistake, usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it.] |
| ripoffnoun | Alternative spelling of rip-off. [(countable) A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate.] |
| fall-backnoun | Alternative form of fallback. [An act of falling back.] |
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