Coop

Pronunciation

• enPR: koÍžop, IPA: /kuːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp

From Middle English cupe, from Old English cȳpe ("basket, cask")

Full definition of coop

Noun

1. A pen or enclosure for birds.
2. (slang) jail
3. A barrel or cask for liquor.
4. (Scotland) A cart from boards; a tumbrel.

Verb

1. To keep in a coop.
2. (transitive) To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
• DrydenThe Trojans cooped within their walls so long.
• John LockeThe contempt of all other knowledge ... coops the understanding up within narrow bounds.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To work upon in the manner of a cooper.
• HollandShaken tubs ... be new cooped.

Derived terms

• coop up

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈkəʊ.É’p/
• US enPR: kōŏp, IPA: /ˈkoÊŠ.É‘p/

From cooperative, by shortening.

Noun

1. Alternative spelling of co-op