coop

See also Co-op, co-op, and .coop

English

Chicken coop

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: ko͞op, IPA: /kuːp/, X-SAMPA: /ku:p/
• Rhymes: -uːp

Noun

coop (plural coops)

1. A pen or enclosure for birds.
2. (slang) jail

Translations

chicken coop

• Arabic: قن (ar) (qunn) m, خم (ar) (xumm) m

  Egyptian Arabic: عشة (ʕeša) f

• Bulgarian: курник (bg) (kurnik) m
• Irish: cúb (ga) f
• Italian: stia (it) f

• Latin: hara (la) f
• Portuguese: galinheiro (pt) m
• Russian: курятник (ru) (kurjátnik) m

Verb

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

1. To keep in a coop.
2. (transitive) To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
   • Dryden

     The Trojans cooped within their walls so long.

   • John Locke

     The contempt of all other knowledge […] coops the understanding up within narrow bounds.

3. (obsolete, transitive) To work upon in the manner of a cooper.
   • Holland

     Shaken tubs […] be new cooped.

Derived terms

• coop up

Etymology 2

From cooperative, by shortening.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkəʊ.ɒp/, X-SAMPA: /"k@U.Qp/
• (US) enPR: kōŏp, IPA: /ˈkoʊ.ɑp/, X-SAMPA: /"koU.Ap/

Noun

coop (plural coops)

1. Alternative spelling of co-op.