coop

¹coop

noun \ˈküp, ˈku̇p\

Definition of COOP

1

: a cage or small enclosure (as for poultry); also : a small building for housing poultry

2

a : a confined area

b : jail

Examples of COOP

1. <like many of the city's hookers, she was back in the coop within a week of her release>

Origin of COOP

Middle English cupe; akin to Old English cȳpe basket

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to COOP

Synonyms

bastille, big house [slang], bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, clink [slang], cooler, jail, guardroom, hock, hold, hoosegow, jailhouse, joint [slang], jug, lockup, nick [British slang], pen, penitentiary, pokey [slang], prison, quod [British slang], slam, slammer, stir [slang], stockade, tolbooth [Scottish]

Related Words

bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tank; block, ward; glasshouse [British], guardhouse, hulk(s); concentration camp, gulag, labor camp, prison camp, stalag, work camp; dungeon, keep, oubliette; reformatory, reform school, training school

Near Antonyms

outside

Other Animal Husbandry Terms

apiary, bantam, calico, girth, hogwash, mast, rut

Rhymes with COOP

bloop, croup, droop, drupe, dupe, goop, group, hoop, loop, loupe, poop, roup, scoop, sloop, snoop, soup, stoop, stoup, stupe, swoop, troop, troupe, whoop

²coop

transitive verb

Definition of COOP

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

First Known Use of COOP

1583