coop
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English cupe, from Old English cȳpe (“basket, cask”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
coop (plural coops)
Translations [edit]
chicken coop
Verb [edit]
coop (third-person singular simple present coops, present participle cooping, simple past and past participle cooped)
- To keep in a coop.
- (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.
- Dryden
- (obsolete, transitive) To work upon in the manner of a cooper.
- Holland
- Shaken tubs […] be new cooped.
- Holland
Derived terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From cooperative, by shortening.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
coop (plural coops)
- Alternative spelling of co-op.