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Meaning of "traffic cop" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TRAFFIC COP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRAFFIC COP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Traffic cop is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRAFFIC COP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of traffic cop in the English dictionary

The definition of traffic cop in the dictionary is a policeman who supervises road traffic.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRAFFIC COP

traffic calming
traffic circle
traffic cone
traffic control
traffic control tower
traffic controller
traffic court
traffic diversion
traffic duty
traffic engineering
traffic holdup
traffic island
traffic jam
traffic light
traffic lights
traffic offence
traffic pattern
traffic police
traffic policeman
traffic policemen

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRAFFIC COP

attercop
cop
crop
desktop
develop
drop
hip-hop
hoop
hop
laptop
loop
over the top
over-the-top
Photoshop
pop
scop
shop
silent cop
speed cop
supercop

Synonyms and antonyms of traffic cop in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «traffic cop» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRAFFIC COP

Find out the translation of traffic cop to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of traffic cop from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «traffic cop» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

交通警察
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

policía de tráfico
570 millions of speakers

English

traffic cop
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

यातायात पुलिस
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

شرطي مرور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гаишник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

guarda de trânsito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ট্রাফিক পুলিশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

agent de la circulation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Polis trafik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verkehrspolizist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

交通警官
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

교통 경찰
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pulisi lalu lintas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cảnh sát giao thông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போக்குவரத்து போலீஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाहतूक पोलिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

trafik polisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

traffico poliziotto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

policjant ruchu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

даішник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

polițist de trafic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τροχονόμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verkeersman
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trafikpolis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trafikk cop
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of traffic cop

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRAFFIC COP»

The term «traffic cop» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.386 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRAFFIC COP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «traffic cop» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «traffic cop» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about traffic cop

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3 QUOTES WITH «TRAFFIC COP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word traffic cop.
1
Kin Hubbard
If you haven't seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven't seen her smile her prettiest.
2
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
It's a tribal state, and it always will be. Whether we like it or not, whenever we withdraw from Afghanistan, whether it's now or years from now, we'll have an incendiary situation. Should we stay and play traffic cop? I don't think that serves our strategic interests.
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George Stroumboulopoulos
I really think a good host is just a connector. I'm more traffic cop than star. My job is to get people on and off the program, and hopefully keep the audience entertained.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRAFFIC COP»

Discover the use of traffic cop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to traffic cop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Murderer with a badge: the secret life of a rogue cop
An account of the traffic cop who moonlighted as a killer describes how William Leasure carefully planned three murders and stole a string of luxury yachts worth more than two million dollars. National ad/promo. Tour.
Edward Humes, 1992
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Popular Mechanics
... to give speeding tickets to vacationers, businessmen, truckers and other generally law-abiding citizens who are driving attentively, but slightly over the speed limit. It might lead you to wonder: If I were a traffic cop for a day, who'd get the ...
3
Conveyors: Application, Selection, and Integration
On live roller systems there is one additional control method at a merge point: a traffic cop. A traffic cop is a mechanical device that holds back product on one line while product on the other is going through. As soon as the active arm returns to ...
Patrick M McGuire, 2009
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20,000 Quips & Quotes
If all the cars in the country were placed end to end, some fool would still pull out and try to pass them. TRAFFIC COP The judgment of a traffic cop is not always right, but his customers are always wrong. Don't take one for the road, unless you  ...
Evan Esar, 1995
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The Therapist's Notebook: Homework, Handouts, and Activities ...
The “Red Light/Green Light” intervention parallels the traditional game in that one person serves as the traffic cop. However, only two people play the game at a time (one is the traffic cop, the other is the traffic, and the other family members ...
Lorna L Hecker, Sharon A. Deacon, 2013
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Popular Mechanics
Jim Knoetgen sorts out takeoffs and landings from tower at Kennedy Airport Photos by Jim Pickerell RADAR ROOM at Kennedy, where Knoetgen works, controls all approach. 104 POPULAR MECHANICS The Traffic Cop of the Sky.
7
Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Making ...
For my next series of examples, I'm going to write a single page called iphone. html that will sit in front of all of the site's other pages and will handle requests, sort of like a traffic cop. Here's how it works. On first load, iphone.html will present the ...
Jonathan Stark, 2010
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Songwriting Without Boundaries: Lyric Writing Exercises for ...
and doing your usual ten minutes for each one, you'll spend another ten minutes reversing directions, looking at traffic cop through the lens of your target idea. Try this. First find two interesting qualities (linking qualities) for traffic cop. Traffic ...
Pat Pattison, 2012
9
When's Recess?: Playing Your Way Through the Stresses of Life
In this game there is a leader who takes on the role of the traffic cop. All other participants stand behind a line several yards away (30-40 yards is ideal). The traffic cop says, "Green Light" and then turns his back on the group. Everyone is ...
Howard Papush Aka Dr Play, Howard Papush, 2004
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Perspective: A Driver's Tale
A defense lawyer knows that a need for his service, “[t]o give our clients the best service possible[,]” is created by a traffic cop on one hand or, if a defendant is so thickheaded that he does not get it on his own, by the order of a judge on the ...
Peter Kerestur, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRAFFIC COP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term traffic cop is used in the context of the following news items.
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#DelhiRoadRage Traffic Cops Beaten By 3 Men Who Were Fined …
The latest incident in fact proves that no one is safe from it, even the cops. In a shocking video, released by NDTV, three men are seen roughing up two traffic ... «Indiatimes.com, Jul 15»
2
Traffic cop held for weigh bridge bribe
Durban – A traffic officer in KwaZulu-Natal has been arrested and charged with corruption after allegedly demanding a bribe from a truck driver at a weigh bridge ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
3
Canada helps Ukraine boot corrupt traffic cops out of Kyiv
Ukraine's interior ministry will disband Kyiv's often corrupt traffic police detachment Saturday and install a new force -- with help from Canada, the U.S., Japan ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
4
Traffic Cop, Kidnapped in Heart of Delhi, Rescued in Dramatic Chase
Traffic Cop, Kidnapped in Heart of Delhi, Rescued in Dramatic Chase ... New Delhi: A traffic policeman was allegedly abducted by a suspected sand mafia in a ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
5
AUDIO: Before being sent to jail, Delhi traffic cop hands police an …
A day after a Traffic Police head constable was arrested and dismissed from service after he threw a brick at a woman, the police probe claims that Head ... «The Indian Express, May 15»
6
When You Gotta Go: Manila Police Asked To Use Diapers During …
Some 2,000 traffic cops in the Philippine capital are being asked to wear adult diapers during next week's visit by Pope Francis to the predominately Roman ... «NPR, Jan 15»
7
Watch This Dancing Traffic Cop Tear Up The Roads With His Sweet …
When drivers come through this traffic cop's intersection, they really can't help but smile. As a traffic cop, Indiana State Trooper Dujuan Presley-McFadden's job ... «Huffington Post, Oct 14»
8
President Obama meets NYPD traffic cop who has cleared …
For two decades, he has cleared the path for presidential motorcades with his NYPD tow truck when the commander in chief visits New York. This week, a ... «New York Daily News, Sep 14»
9
Stopped for speeding, cabbie mows down Delhi traffic cop
A 24-year-old traffic constable died after he was run over and dragged several metres by an errant cabbie he had pulled up for speeding in northwest Delhi on ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 14»
10
Umar Akmal released from jail after allegedly thrashing traffic cop
Umar Akmal was jailed on charges of thrashing a traffic warden who stopped him for violating a signal. The Pakistan cricketer alleges that he was abused and ... «NDTV, Feb 14»

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