coop
/kup/ verb C2- To keep in a coop.
- To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
- To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election.
- Of a police officer: to sleep or relax while on duty.
He/she/it coops · Past cooped · Past participle cooped · -ing form cooping
Verb forms
- Base form
- coop
- He/she/it
- coops
- Past
- cooped
- Past participle
- cooped
- -ing form
- cooping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I’ve been cooped up two days, and I’ve spent the daylight hours—as much daylight as I could get in that rat trap—in putting the thing into words.
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