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co-op 
[n., adv. koh-op; v. koh-op, koh-op] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -oped, -op·ing, adverb
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[n., adv. koh-op; v. koh-op, koh-op] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -oped, -op·ing, adverb –noun
–verb (used with object)
—Idiom
| 1. | a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc. |
| 2. | to place in a cooperative arrangement, esp. 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. |
[Origin: 1860–65; shortened form]
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co-op·er, noun
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coop
[koop, koop] Pronunciation Key
[koop, koop] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
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| 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, esp. the cooperative bookstore of a college or university. |
| 5. | to place in or as if in a coop; confine narrowly (often fol. by up or in). |
| 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. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME coupe basket, perh. < Scand; cf. Norw kaup wooden can; akin to OE cȳpa basket]
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| coop
(kōōp) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. cooped, coop·ing, coops v. tr. To confine in or as if in a coop. Often used with up. See Synonyms at enclose. v. intr. Informal To sleep or shirk in a parked patrol car while on duty. Used of a police officer. [Middle English coupe, possibly from Middle Dutch kūpe, basket, tub, from Germanic *kūpōn, possibly from Latin cūpa, cask.] |
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coop
O.E. cype, cypa "basket, cask," akin to M.Du. kupe, probably from L. cupa "tub, cask," from PIE *keup- "hollow mound." The verb is attested from 1563. Cooper is 12c., from L. cuparius, from cupa.
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| coop | |
noun | |
| 1. | a farm building for housing poultry [syn: chicken coop] |
| 2. | an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept [syn: cage] |
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Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Coop
Coop\ (k[=oo]p), n. [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and cf. Keeve.]1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] --Johnson. 2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry. 3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch]
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Coop
Coop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Cooping.] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. --Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. --Locke. 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." --Holland. Syn: To crowd; confine; imprison.
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