COOP

cage, coop

(noun) an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

coop (plural coops)

A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.

A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish.

(figuratively, slang) A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison.

(obsolete) A barrel or cask for holding liquids.

Hyponyms

• (enclosure for birds): chicken coop, hencoop, henhouse

Verb

coop (third-person singular simple present coops, present participle cooping, simple past and past participle cooped)

(transitive) To keep in a coop.

(transitive) To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.

(transitive, intransitive, politics, historical) To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election.

(intransitive, law enforcement, slang) Of a police officer: to sleep or relax while on duty. [from 1960s.]

(transitive, obsolete) To make or repair barrels, casks and other wooden vessels; to work upon in the manner of a cooper.

Etymology 2

Noun

coop (plural coops)

(regional, England, Scotland) A cart with sides and ends made from boards, enabling it to carry manure, etc.

(regional, England, Scotland) A cart which opens at the back to release its load; a tumbril.

Etymology 3

Noun

coop (plural coops)

(Scotland) A small heap.

Etymology 4

Noun

coop (plural coops)

Alternative form of co-op.

Anagrams

• OPOC, POCO

Proper noun

Coop (plural Coops)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Coop is the 17087^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1661 individuals. Coop is most common among White (92.59%) individuals.

Anagrams

• OPOC, POCO

Source: Wiktionary

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Coop, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and cf. Keeve.]

1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] Johnson.

2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.

3. A cart made close with boarde; a tumbrel. [Scotch]

Coop, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cooped; p.pr. & vb.n. Cooping.]

Definition: To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. The Trojans coopet within their walls so long. Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke.

2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." Holland.

Syn.

– To crowd; confine; imprison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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