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ɒp; noun
1.
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
verb (used with object)
Idioms 2.
to place in a cooperative arrangement, especially to convert (an apartment or building) to a cooperative.
3.
go co-op, to convert to a cooperative: Our apartment building is going co-op.
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noun
1.
an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
2.
any small or narrow place.
3.
Slang. a prison.
4.
Sometimes Facetious. a cooperative, especially the cooperative bookstore of a college or university.
verb (used with object)
5.
to place in or as if in a coop; confine narrowly (often followed by up or in ).
verb (used without object)
Idioms 6.
Slang. (of a police officer) to park and sleep inside one's patrol car while on duty.
7.
fly the coop, Informal. to run off; depart abruptly; escape: We stopped to see my sister, but she'd flown the coop.
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coop1 (kuːp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a cage or small enclosure for poultry or small animals |
| 2. | a small narrow place of confinement, esp a prison cell |
| 3. | a wicker basket for catching fish |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr; |
| [C15: probably from Middle Low German kūpe basket, tub; related to Latin cūpa cask, vat] | |
| coop or co-op2 (ˈkəʊˌɒp) | |
| —n | |
| a cooperative, cooperative society, or shop run by a cooperative society | |
| co-op or co-op2 | |
| —n | |
| coop or co-op2 (ˈkəʊˌɒp) | |
| —n | |
| a cooperative, cooperative society, or shop run by a cooperative society | |
| co-op or co-op2 | |
| —n | |
| coop3 | |
| —the internet domain name for | |
| a cooperative | |
| coop. or co-op. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| cooperative | |
| co-op. or co-op. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| coop cooperative |
| co-op cooperative |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Engineering programs have long had students who take summer or year-long coop positions in industry.
Though the hens have plenty of feed in their coop, they prefer to scratch in the dirt for living things.
People help them along-breed them, nurture them, take them from the humble coop to the top of the poultry world.
With wind feeding the grid, the typical rural and productive household receives a residual cut of the power sold back to the coop.
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