sleeping policeman
A speed bump.
We don't care much to figure out terms like "brolly" (umbrella) and "sleeping policeman" (speed bump).
policeman
/pəˈliːsmən/
noun 4
Collocations
5ADJ.
abrupt, observed, over, short
VERB + POLICEMAN
gun, ran
POLICEMAN + NOUN
duty, man, people, thief
PREP.
after, down, off, on, with
ADV.
rather
Definitions
noun
1
A police officer, usually a male.
The policeman who arrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position as bodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him.
Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
2
A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
3
Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.
4
Synonym of enforcer.
A team may have a policeman or enforcer.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a member of a police force
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The policeman who arrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position as bodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him.
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Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet
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Still agitated, she watched resentfully as two traffic policemen remounted their motorcycles.
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A policeman ran past.
Tatoeba · #3466305
The thief ran away at the sight of a policeman.
Tatoeba · #4493606
The thief disguised himself as a policeman.
Tatoeba · #44938Usage Notes
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