coping

Meanings

Noun

• 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

• Present participle of cope

Origin

• From cope#Etymology 2, used in the sense "dress in a cope," "to cover."