1
: a cage or small enclosure (as for poultry)
also
: a small building for housing poultry
2
a
: a confined area
b
: jail
cooped; cooping; coops
1
: to confine in a restricted and often crowded area
—usually used with up
children cooped up in the house all day
2
: to place or keep in a coop : pen
—often used with up
Synonyms
Examples of coop in a Sentence
Noun (1)
was thrown in the coop for disturbing the peace
a chicken coop
Verb
restless kids cooped up in the house on a rainy day
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Make sure chicken coops and livestock are protected.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 May 2020
There’s something about being cooped up that calls for an abundance of comfort food, and nothing compares to a big bowl of cheesy baked ziti, lemony fusilli, or soupy ramen.
—Whitney Perry, Glamour, 30 Mar. 2020
Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Under the current proposal, the Whitney has the right of first offer for the co-op’s property and, if accepted, could allow the museum to add gallery and programming spaces to host public visitors.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The truth is that nobody really wants to read about the razing of a single home, or chicken coop, or even school.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Make sure chicken coops and livestock are protected.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
Three relative strangers cooped up underground indefinitely to avoid an unseen danger, who don't entirely trust each other?
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 May 2020
There’s something about being cooped up that calls for an abundance of comfort food, and nothing compares to a big bowl of cheesy baked ziti, lemony fusilli, or soupy ramen.
—Whitney Perry, Glamour, 30 Mar. 2020
Noun
Don sold it for over $1.8 million in 2010, a year after moving to an East Side co-op, but never paid back the loan, which was still on his father’s books as of 2022.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Under the current proposal, the Whitney has the right of first offer for the co-op’s property and, if accepted, could allow the museum to add gallery and programming spaces to host public visitors.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Coop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coop. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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coop
2 of 3 verb
: to place or keep in or as if in a coop
co-op
3 of 3 nounˈkō-ˌäp,
kō-ˈäp
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