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
Recent Examples on the Web
Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2024
Chickens and a coop, a bigger coop, bees, another German shepherd.
—Cameron Carr, Longreads, 18 June 2024
Jacob Siegal, BGR, 31 May 2022
In fact, with the rise in the number and dollar value of luxury transactions in 2021, the ratio of resale condo sales to coop sales over $4 million rose to the highest since 2008.
—John Walkup, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
Chris Cameron, Robb Report, 20 June 2024
All of the money Adams has wasted to shelter and feed migrants could have been used to address the problems at the decaying Mitchell-Lama co-ops.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 June 2024
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Noun
Topics include: chicken breeds, raising chicks, designing coops and pens, chicken health and nutrition.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2024
Chickens and a coop, a bigger coop, bees, another German shepherd.
—Cameron Carr, Longreads, 18 June 2024
Verb
Play it coop with up to 4 friends, or go alone in an adventure of hack’n’slash rampage, with a pinch of rogue-lite, and some permadeath.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 31 May 2022
In fact, with the rise in the number and dollar value of luxury transactions in 2021, the ratio of resale condo sales to coop sales over $4 million rose to the highest since 2008.
—John Walkup, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
Noun
To wit: there are nearly 1,000 townhouses, co-ops and condos in Manhattan alone currently asking the same or more than Unit 4904/4905 at 77 Hudson Street, according to Streeteasy.
—Chris Cameron, Robb Report, 20 June 2024
All of the money Adams has wasted to shelter and feed migrants could have been used to address the problems at the decaying Mitchell-Lama co-ops.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 June 2024
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“Coop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coop. Accessed 4 Jul. 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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