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coop
an enclosure or cage: a chicken coop; a co-op: They bought their food at a co-op.
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coop
(ko͞op)n.
1. A small enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals.
2. A cramped or uncomfortably confined space.
3. Slang A jail or prison.
tr.v. cooped, coop·ing, coops
Idiom: 1. To confine or keep (poultry, for example) in a coop.
2. To confine in a small or cramped space. Often used with up: was cooped up in the cabin during the storm.
fly (or blow) the coop
To make a getaway; escape.
[Middle English coupe, possibly from Middle Dutch kūpe, basket, tub, from Germanic *kūpōn, possibly from Latin cūpa, cask; see cupola.]
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coop
(kuːp)n
1. (Agriculture) a cage or small enclosure for poultry or small animals
2. a small narrow place of confinement, esp a prison cell
3. (Angling) a wicker basket for catching fish
vb
(tr; often foll by up or in) to confine in a restricted area
[C15: probably from Middle Low German kūpe basket, tub; related to Latin cūpa cask, vat]
coop
(ˈkəʊˌɒp) orco-op
n
(Commerce) a cooperative, cooperative society, or shop run by a cooperative society
coop
the internet domain name for
(Computer Science) a cooperative
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co-op
(ˈkoʊ ɒp)n.
a cooperative enterprise, building, or apartment.
Idioms: go co-op, (of an apartment building) to convert to a cooperative.
[1860–65; by shortening]
co′-op•er, n.
coop
(kup, kʊp)n.
1. an enclosure or cage in which poultry or small animals are penned.
2. a confined space.
3. Slang. prison.
v.t. 4. to place in or as if in a coop (often fol. by up).
Idioms: fly the coop, to escape.
[1250–1300; Middle English coupe basket, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian kaup wooden can; akin to Old English cȳpa basket]
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coop
Past participle: cooped
Gerund: cooping
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| Noun | 1. |  coop - a farm building for housing poultryfarm building - a building on a farm |
| 2. |  coop - an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be keptbirdcage - a cage in which a bird can be kept enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose hutch - a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals squirrel cage - cage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside it |
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coop
noun pen, pound, box, cage, enclosure, hutch, corral (chiefly U.S. & Canad.) Behind the house, the pair set up a chicken coop.
coop someone up confine, imprison, shut up, impound, pound, pen, cage, immure He was cooped up in a cell with ten other inmates.
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coop
nounverb
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Translations
حَظيره، قُن
kleckurník
bur
tyúkketrec
búr, stía
laikyti uždarius
murdssprosts
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coop
[ˈkuːp] n (for chickens, hens) → poulailler m
to fly the coop → se faire la malle
to fly the coop → se faire la malle
coop up
vt → cloîtrer, enfermerCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
coop
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coop
(kuːp) noun a box or cage for keeping fowls or small animals in. a chicken-coop.
coop up to shut into a small place. We've been cooped up in this tiny room for hours.
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