Coop definition
A small enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals.
noun
A cramped or uncomfortably confined space.
noun
(slang) A jail or prison.
noun
To confine or keep (poultry, for example) in a coop.
verb
To confine in a small or cramped space. Often used with up:
Was cooped up in the cabin during the storm.
verb
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A small cage, pen, or building as for poultry.
noun
To confine as in a coop.
verb
A coop is a small cage or other building used for housing chickens and other birds.
An example of a coop is where a family would keep their egg laying hens.
noun
Coop is to keep in a confined space.
An example of coop is keeping a flying bird in a small cage.
verb
Any place of confinement.
noun
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(slang) A jail.
noun
(.COOPerative) A top-level Internet domain used by members of cooperative societies and organizations. The .coop name was introduced in late 2000. See Internet domain name.
Pronounced dot co-op.The generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) reserved exclusively for cooperative associations.This domain was created in 2002 under the sponsorship of Dot Cooperation LLC. See also gTLD, Internet, and sponsored domain.
To keep in a coop.
verb
(UK, informal) Any of very many shops belonging to the Co-operative Group and its predecessors.
noun
fly
- To make a getaway; escape.
idiom
fly the coop
- to escape, as from a jail
idiom
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of coop
- Middle English coupe possibly from Middle Dutch kūpe basket, tub from Germanic kūpōn possibly from Latin cūpa cask
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English cupe, from Old English cȳpe (“basket, cask”)
From Wiktionary
- From cooperative, by shortening.
From Wiktionary