coop
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Meaning · English
A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
'Tis the cruel gripe, / That lean hard-handed poverty inflicts, / The hope of better things, the chance to win, / The wiſh to ſhine, the thirſt to be amus'd, / That at the found of Winter's hoary wing, / Unpeople all our counties, of ſuch herds, / Of flutt'ring, loit'ring, cringing, begging, looſe,
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “coop” mean?
A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison.
Is “coop” formal or informal?
coop is generally slang.