chicken coop

noun

plural chicken coops

1

: a coop (especially a cage or small building) for housing chickens

2

sometimes chicken-coop jump : a usually wooden obstacle having an A-shaped frame that is used in horse jumping and traditionally in fox hunting to protect horses from wire fences

Examples of chicken coop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Investigators found the neighbor dead, lying face down in an overgrown patch of vegetation behind a chicken coop. — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Ariel walked towards the northeast corner of his property, where his chicken coop was located. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

Additional buildings include an equipment barn, cattle and alpaca barns, a chicken coop, and another barn for goats and sheep. — Mark David, Robb Report, 27 July 2026

Right now the farm is raising money for a new, $3,250 chicken coop. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1687, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for chicken coop

• intergroup
• intragroup
• multigroup
• semigroup
• serogroup
• supergroup
• coupe
• croup
• droop
• drupe
• dupe
• group