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

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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