Coop

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals.
  • n. Slang An uncomfortably confined space.
  • n. Slang A prison.
  • v. To confine in or as if in a coop. Often used with up. See Synonyms at enclose.
  • verb-intransitive. Informal To sleep or shirk in a parked patrol car while on duty. Used of a police officer.
  • idiom. fly To make a getaway; escape.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative spelling of co-op.
  • n. A pen or enclosure for birds.
  • n. jail
  • v. To keep in a coop.
  • v. To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
  • v. To work upon in the manner of a cooper.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A barrel or cask for liquor.
  • n. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.
  • n. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel.
  • v. To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.
  • v. To work upon in the manner of a cooper.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A box, usually with grating or bars on one side or more, in which poultry are confined for fattening, transportation, exhibition, etc., or in which a hen with young chicks is shut for shelter and to keep her from straying.
  • n. A pen; an inclosed place for small animals, poultry, etc.
  • n. Any narrow, confining place of abode, as a house or room.
  • n. A cask; a barrel, keg, tub, pail, or other vessel formed of staves and hoops, for containing liquids.
  • n. A Dutch corn-measure equal to about one tenth of a Winchester peck.
  • n. A tumbrel or close cart.
  • To put into a coop; confine in a coop; cage; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass: often followed by up: as, the poor of the city are cooped up in crowded tenements.
  • To make or repair (a vessel formed of staves and hoops); hoop (a vessel).
  • Synonyms To inclose, imprison, hem in, cage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
  • n. a farm building for housing poultry
  • Verb Form
    cooped    cooping    coops   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Form
    coop up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pen    tumbrel    imprison    crowd    confine    pet   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Guadeloupe    Hoop    Loop    Shoop    coupe    croup    doupe    droop    drupe    dupe   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    barnyard    roost    loft    corral    farmyard