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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024co-op /ˈkoʊɑp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a cooperative business, building, or apartment:The apartment building is now a co-op.
coop /kup, kʊp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a cage in which poultry are penned.
- Slang TermsSlang. prison.
v. [~ + object] - to place in or as if in a coop:The parents had cooped the children in the attic all day.[~ + up + object]They cooped up the chickens in the barn.[~ + object + up]They cooped me up in this tiny cell.
Idioms- Idioms, Informal Terms fly the coop, to leave or depart abruptly:The police were too late; the crooks had flown the coop.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024co-op (n., adv. kō′op;v. kō′op, kō op′),USA pronunciation n., v., -oped, -op•ing, adv. n. - a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
v.t. - to place in a cooperative arrangement, esp. to convert (an apartment or building) to a cooperative.
adv. - Idioms go co-op, to convert to a cooperative:Our apartment building is going co-op.
co′-op•er, n. coop (ko̅o̅p, kŏŏp),USA pronunciation n. - an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- any small or narrow place.
- Slang Termsa prison.
- Slang Terms[Sometimes Facetious.]a cooperative, esp. the cooperative bookstore of a college or university.
- fly the coop, [Informal.]to run off;
depart abruptly;
escape:We stopped to see my sister, but she'd flown the coop.
v.t. - to place in or as if in a coop;
confine narrowly (often fol. by up or in).
v.i. - Slang Terms(of a police officer) to park and sleep inside one's patrol car while on duty.
- Scandinavian; compare Norwegian kaup wooden can; akin to Old English cȳpa basket
- Middle English coupe basket, perh. 1250–1300
- cooperative.
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