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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024coop•er (ko̅o̅′pər, kŏŏp′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
v.t. - to make or repair (casks, barrels, etc.).
- to furnish or fix (usually fol. by up).
v.i. - to work as a cooper.
- Medieval Latin cūpārius (Latin cūp(a) cask, vat + -ārius -ary)
- Middle Low German kūper or Middle Dutch cūper
- Middle English couper 1350–1400
- Biographical Anthony Ashley. See Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper.
- Biographical Hugh Lincoln, 1865–1937, U.S. hydraulic engineer.
James Fen•i•more (fen′ə môr′, -mōr′),USA pronunciation 1789–1851, U.S. novelist.- Biographical Leon N., born 1930, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972.
- Biographical Peter, 1791–1883, U.S. inventor, manufacturer, reformer, and philanthropist.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cooper /ˈkuːpə/ n - Also called: hooper a person skilled in making and repairing barrels, casks, etc
vb - (transitive) to make or mend (barrels, casks, etc)
Etymology: 13th Century: from Middle Dutch cūper or Middle Low German kūper; see coop1 co-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.
Also, co-op. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Cooper /ˈkuːpə/ n - Anthony Ashley. See (Earl of) Shaftesbury
- Cary (Lynn). born 1940, British psychologist, noted for his studies of behaviour at work and the causes and treatment of stress
- Gary, real name Frank James Cooper. 1901–61, US film actor; his many films include Sergeant York (1941) and High Noon (1952), for both of which he won Oscars
- Sir Henry. born 1934, British boxer; European heavyweight champion (1964; 1968–71)
- James Fenimore 1789–1851, US novelist, noted for his stories of American Indians, esp The Last of the Mohicans (1826)
- Leon Neil. born 1930, US physicist, noted for his work on the theory of superconductivity. He shared the Nobel prize for physics 1972
- Samuel 1609–72, English miniaturist
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