coop

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noun

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.

verb

Coop is to keep in a confined space.
An example of coop is keeping a flying bird in a small cage.

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coop

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

Origin of coop

Middle English coupe, akin to MDu, Middle Low German kupe, Old High German kuofa from Classical Latin cupa, tub, cask from Indo-European an unverified form keup-, hollow, mound: for Indo-European base see coomb

to confine as in a coop: usually with up

coop Idioms

fly the coop

Slang to escape, as from a jail

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coop

noun

A small enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals.
A cramped or uncomfortably confined space.
Slang A jail or prison.

transitive verb

cooped, coop·ing, coops

To confine or keep (poultry, for example) in a coop.
To confine in a small or cramped space. Often used with up: was cooped up in the cabin during the storm.

Origin of coop

Middle English coupe possibly from Middle Dutch kūpe basket, tub from Germanic kūpōn possibly from Latin cūpa cask

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Noun

(plural coops)

A pen or enclosure for birds.
(slang) jail
A barrel or cask for liquor.
(Scotland) A cart from boards; a tumbrel.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present coops, present participle cooping, simple past and past participle cooped)

To keep in a coop.
To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.

Origin

From Middle English cupe, from Old English cȳpe (“basket, cask”)

Noun

(plural coops)

Alternative spelling of co-op.

Origin

From cooperative, by shortening.

Noun

(plural Co-ops)

(UK, informal) Any of very many shops belonging to the Co-operative Group and its predecessors

Noun

(law) Abbreviation of cooperative.

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.

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.coop - Computer Definition

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.

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(.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.

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