1
: a cage or small enclosure (as for poultry)
also
: a small building for housing poultry
2
a
: a confined area
b
: jail
cooped; cooping; coops
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
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Examples of coop in a Sentence
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Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
Last, but definitely not least: the resort-worthy grounds, which overlook picturesque city lights and ocean vistas, and host some 140 fruit trees, several spots ideal for al fresco lounging and entertaining, an infinity-edge swimming pool and even a chicken coop.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024
But if eclipses are a reminder of people’s place in a vast universe, weather complications in chasing them – which once included trying to watch an eclipse in Georgia next to a chicken coop in the rain – were also a reminder to him of all that is beyond our human control.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
Even a trip to the restroom is a delight, as the sound of chickens clucking in the coop above the bathrooms welcomes you in the door.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 19 Feb. 2024
There are chicken coops, two vegetable gardens, a convenience store...
art and jewelry studios, a medical clinic and a chapel.
—Lucy Tompkins Eli Durst, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
The Buried Secrets actress then placed the pumpkin on the floor of her chicken coop where several of her chickens gathered around to peck away at the edible Halloween decor.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
With a large grassy field, coffee kiosk, soap and gift shop, chicken coop and various gardens, the space offers a respite from the city — or even just from a stressful day.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
This year, Victoria surprised David, 48, with a very special gift — a coop full of chickens.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 31 Dec. 2023
Jacob Siegal, BGR, 31 May 2022
In fact, with the rise in the number and dollar value of luxury transactions in 2021, the ratio of resale condo sales to coop sales over $4 million rose to the highest since 2008.
—John Walkup, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
Eric MacK, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
These careers rely on apprenticeships, co-op programs, and other hands-on learning approaches that allow students to work and earn money while learning the trade.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 27 Mar. 2024
The co-op that organized the show — the Société Anonyme des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs — had formed the year before, primarily for financial reasons: Artists wanted to determine how and when their work was exhibited, as well as sold, to a burgeoning market of new collectors.
—Emily Labarge, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
In New York, broker Keith Burkhardt is working on a new flat-rate service to provide help valuing properties, negotiating deals, and navigating the city’s co-op and condo boards.
—Patrick Clark, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2024
While there’s no direct multiplayer or co-op, this mechanic is a great way to encourage camaraderie amongst other players.
—George Yang, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
After getting out of prison a second time, in 2005, Mr. Crispo bought a co-op apartment and two ground-floor spaces in a residential tower in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, intending to open yet another gallery.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Over the years, the co-op has hosted a fair share of A-listers and celeb tenants.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2024
Flamingo Camp strikes me as the most chill, put together encampment in Slab City, a site that focuses less on individual anarchic self-expression than a communal, co-op living situation in an area that’s basically off the grid.
—Jonah Gercke, SPIN, 15 Mar. 2024
Noun
Predator Precautions Maybe one of the most important materials to source when setting up a coop: the wire mesh known as hardware cloth (not chicken wire).
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
Last, but definitely not least: the resort-worthy grounds, which overlook picturesque city lights and ocean vistas, and host some 140 fruit trees, several spots ideal for al fresco lounging and entertaining, an infinity-edge swimming pool and even a chicken coop.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024
But if eclipses are a reminder of people’s place in a vast universe, weather complications in chasing them – which once included trying to watch an eclipse in Georgia next to a chicken coop in the rain – were also a reminder to him of all that is beyond our human control.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
Even a trip to the restroom is a delight, as the sound of chickens clucking in the coop above the bathrooms welcomes you in the door.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 19 Feb. 2024
There are chicken coops, two vegetable gardens, a convenience store...
art and jewelry studios, a medical clinic and a chapel.
—Lucy Tompkins Eli Durst, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
The Buried Secrets actress then placed the pumpkin on the floor of her chicken coop where several of her chickens gathered around to peck away at the edible Halloween decor.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
With a large grassy field, coffee kiosk, soap and gift shop, chicken coop and various gardens, the space offers a respite from the city — or even just from a stressful day.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
This year, Victoria surprised David, 48, with a very special gift — a coop full of chickens.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 31 Dec. 2023
Verb
Play it coop with up to 4 friends, or go alone in an adventure of hack’n’slash rampage, with a pinch of rogue-lite, and some permadeath.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 31 May 2022
In fact, with the rise in the number and dollar value of luxury transactions in 2021, the ratio of resale condo sales to coop sales over $4 million rose to the highest since 2008.
—John Walkup, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
Noun
Here in New Mexico and elsewhere, some rural co-ops are taking the initiative to build microgrids that can provide power when the larger grid goes down.
—Eric MacK, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
These careers rely on apprenticeships, co-op programs, and other hands-on learning approaches that allow students to work and earn money while learning the trade.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 27 Mar. 2024
The co-op that organized the show — the Société Anonyme des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs — had formed the year before, primarily for financial reasons: Artists wanted to determine how and when their work was exhibited, as well as sold, to a burgeoning market of new collectors.
—Emily Labarge, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
In New York, broker Keith Burkhardt is working on a new flat-rate service to provide help valuing properties, negotiating deals, and navigating the city’s co-op and condo boards.
—Patrick Clark, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2024
While there’s no direct multiplayer or co-op, this mechanic is a great way to encourage camaraderie amongst other players.
—George Yang, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
After getting out of prison a second time, in 2005, Mr. Crispo bought a co-op apartment and two ground-floor spaces in a residential tower in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, intending to open yet another gallery.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Over the years, the co-op has hosted a fair share of A-listers and celeb tenants.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2024
Flamingo Camp strikes me as the most chill, put together encampment in Slab City, a site that focuses less on individual anarchic self-expression than a communal, co-op living situation in an area that’s basically off the grid.
—Jonah Gercke, SPIN, 15 Mar. 2024
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coop
2 of 3 verb
: to place or keep in or as if in a coop
co-op
3 of 3 nounˈkō-ˌäp,
kō-ˈäp
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