COOPING

Verb

cooping

present participle of coop

Noun

cooping (uncountable)

The practice of forcing unwilling participants to vote, often several times over, for a particular candidate in an election.

Anagrams

• pogonic

Source: Wiktionary


COOP

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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