coping

Meanings

Plural: copings

Noun

• brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
• The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.
• The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
• Clipping the beak or talons of a bird.

Verb

• come to terms with
• take by theft
• take into custody
• present participle and gerund of cope

Synonyms

apprehend, arrest, collar, contend, cop, cope, deal, get by, glom, grapple, header, hook, knock off, make do, make out, manage, nab, nail, pick up, snitch, thieve