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A coop is a small cage or other building used for housing chickens and other birds.

(noun)

An example of a coop is where a family would keep their egg laying hens.

Coop is to keep in a confined space.

(verb)

An example of coop is keeping a flying bird in a small cage.

See coop in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a small cage, pen, or building as for poultry
1. any place of confinement
2. Slang a jail

Origin: ME coupe, akin to MDu, MLowG kupe, OHG kuofa < L cupa, tub, cask < IE *keup-, hollow, mound: for IE base see coomb

transitive verb

to confine as in a coop: usually with up

intransitive verb

Slang to sleep while on duty: said of a police officer

See coop in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals.
Slang
a. An uncomfortably confined space.
b. A prison.

verb cooped, coop·ing, coops

verb, transitive

To confine in or as if in a coop. Often used with up. See Synonyms at enclose.

verb, intransitive
Informal

To sleep or shirk in a parked patrol car while on duty. Used of a police officer.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English coupe

Origin: , possibly from Middle Dutch kūpe, basket, tub

Origin: , from Germanic *kūpōn

Origin: , possibly from Latin cūpa, cask

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