Antonyms for coop
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : koop, koo p |
| Phonetic Transcription : kup, kÊŠp |
Definition of coop
Origin :- "small cage for poultry," mid-14c., from Old English cype, cypa "basket, cask," akin to Middle Dutch kupe, Swedish kupa, and all probably from Latin cupa "tub, cask," from PIE *keup- "hollow mound" (see cup (n.)).
- noun pen
- verb confine
- Shall I go and tell the goose girl to hunt the turkeys into the coop first?
- Extract from : « Funny Big Socks » by Sarah L. Barrow
- They put us in the coop for a couple of days, and then the consul got us out.
- Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
- Then they coop us up at home and expect us to let them run the world to suit themselves.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- He'd started at the Coop with a deck of cards; now he was returning with a club.
- Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
- And when she subsequently flew the coop—dash this cold of mine!
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- These he picked up, and taking the hen from the coop, he tucked it under his arm.
- Extract from : « The Olive Fairy Book » by Various
- The old man now held one of the chickens by the neck and was putting him into a coop.
- Extract from : « The Jucklins » by Opie Read
- Some day or other I may so raise a coop for that little one: I am too old for coops.
- Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- They all gathered round the coop, which had been made in a sunny corner of the yard.
- Extract from : « Stuyvesant » by Jacob Abbott
- He took them quickly to the chickens and threw the food into the coop.
- Extract from : « Bobby of Cloverfield Farm » by Helen Fuller Orton
Synonyms for coop
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