dial. [app. f. COP sb.2; but cf. CAP v.1 4.]
1. trans. To top, surpass; to excel, out-do.
1879. in Miss Jackson, Shropshire Word-bk.
2. intr. To be saucy. Cf. COPPED 4 b.
1869. in Lanc. Gloss.
Cop, var. of COOP, a call to animals.