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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Raven Brunner, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
Since then, the House of Harlow founder has established a downright wholesome cottagecore-style home life for herself, raising a menagerie of pets, gardening, beekeeping, and harvesting eggs from her backyard chicken coop.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 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
Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
Republicans were also facing intense pressure from rural electric co-ops and other utilities to oppose the transmission provisions, which would have given more power to FERC to site and allocate costs for big transmission lines.
—Daniel Moore, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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Noun
In a 2023 episode of the home renovation show, Hall and Haack proudly showed off their chicken coop which features black and white paint and a double gable roof.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
Since then, the House of Harlow founder has established a downright wholesome cottagecore-style home life for herself, raising a menagerie of pets, gardening, beekeeping, and harvesting eggs from her backyard chicken coop.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 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
This year, Kyle is in our co-op program, working half a day at CMC Rebar.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
Republicans were also facing intense pressure from rural electric co-ops and other utilities to oppose the transmission provisions, which would have given more power to FERC to site and allocate costs for big transmission lines.
—Daniel Moore, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Coop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coop. Accessed 28 Dec. 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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