cop-a-feelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

cop a feel (third-person singular simple present cops a feel, present participle copping a feel, simple past and past participle copped a feel)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) To sexually fondle someone in a covert manner. [from 1922]
   • 1922 February, Callimachus Balzoff, “The Working Girl and the Gas-hound”, in Hot Dog, page 22:

     No sooner had the Good Girl got into the car, then Aubrey took one hand from the steering wheel, put it around Bertha's waist and Stepped on the Gas. But, strange as it may seem, although Aubrey was Copping the Feels something outrageous, Bertha made no resistance and said not a word.

   • 1990 July, “Hustler Humor”, in Hustler, volume 17, number 1, →ISSN, page 80, column 2:

     Bear's been gettin’ real forgetful lately,” Snake was telling his bro. “While we were partyin’ at the bar last night, he copped a feel on a chick by mistake.” “Thought it was his ol’ lady, huh?” commented the bro. “Naw, that’s just it—it was!”

   • 2025, Love On the Spectrum, season 3, episode 4, Connor and Lise (actors):

     Connor: All right. If cop a feel I must, then cop a feel I sh... What is that? I don't know. Wait. What does that mean? / Lise: No, finish it. / Connor: Then cop a feel I shall. No idea what that means, though. / Lise: "Cop a feel" means "grab a girl's boob".

使用する際の注意点

• (sense 1) Often implied the act is performed without asking for consent.

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アナグラム

• pole face