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/ˈkɒpɪʃ/ · adjective
(chiefly US, slang) Characteristic of or resembling a cop (“police officer”)..
“Are you a policeman?” Conroy said. I gave him my most coppish deadpan stare.
"I know I'm going to sound suspicious and very policelike—" / "You're allowed to sound coppish … it's in your DNA," Laura assured him.
Simple, I live here so I was nominated. Coppish?
"After that we'll see." Jake reached out and clasped Walter's shoulder. "Coppish?" Walter smiled broadly. "Coppish, Mr. Serranto."
And it was early morning, and the world was moist, when the crystal-gazer's husband, a freak in knickerbockers with an open coppish and a sabbath gamp, came over the stones outside his house to meet the holy travellers.
Use coppish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Coppish means (chiefly US, slang) Characteristic of or resembling a cop (“police officer”)..
Common synonyms include coplike, policelike.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Are you a policeman?” Conroy said. I gave him my most coppish deadpan stare.
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