n.

1. An enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals.
2. Slang.
   1. An uncomfortably confined space.
   2. A prison.

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.

idiom:

fly (or blow) the coop

1. To make a getaway; escape.

[Middle English coupe, possibly from Middle Dutch kūpe, basket, tub, from Germanic *kūpōn, possibly from Latin cūpa, cask.]

noun

A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison. Informal lockup, pen. Slang big house, can, clink, cooler, hoosegow, joint, jug, pokey, slammer, stir. Chiefly Regional calaboose. See free/unfree.

verb

To confine within a limited area. cage, enclose, fence (in), immure, mew (up), pen, shut in, shut up, wall (in or up). See free/unfree.

IN BRIEF: n. - An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept; A farm building for housing poultry.

Tutor's tip: The members of the "co-op" (a cooperative, something owned and operated by its users) wanted to coop up both their chickens and their rabbits in the chicken "coop" (small enclosure for housing birds or animals).

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a farm building for housing poultry
  Synonyms: chicken coop, hencoop, henhouse

Meaning #2: an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept
  Synonym: cage

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hønsebur, hønsegård, fængsel, kurv
v. tr. - sætte i bur, indespærre

idioms:

• cooped up    indespærret

Nederlands (Dutch)
hok, kippenren, viskorf, opsluiten in (kippen)hok

Français (French)
n. - poulailler, cage
v. tr. - enfermer, cloîtrer

idioms:

• cooped up    enfermé, cloîtré

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stall
v. - einsperren

idioms:

• cooped up    eingesperrt, eingepfercht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κοτέτσι, κουμάσι, (μτφ.) περιορισμένος ή στενός χώρος, στενοκοπιά, (καθομ.) φυλακή, φρέσκο, στενή, (Βρετ.) κιούρτος
v. - κλείνω σε κοτέτσι, (μτφ.) περιορίζω, στριμώχνω
abbr. - συνεταιρισμός

idioms:

• cooped up    περιορισμένος σε στενό χώρο, στριμωγμένος

Italiano (Italian)
gabbia, mettere in gabbia, rinchiudere, costringere, stipare, (USA, detto di poliziotti) dormire in macchina

idioms:

• cooped up    stipato
• fly the coop    scappare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - galinheiro (m), cadeia (f) (gír.), cesto (m) de pescar
v. - prender
abbr. - cooperativa (f)

idioms:

• cooped up    engaiolado
• fly the coop    evadir-se

Русский (Russian)
курятник

idioms:

• cooped up    под замком
• fly the coop    сбежать из-под стражи

Español (Spanish)
n. - gallinero, caseta, cárcel, chirona
v. tr. - encerrar en gallinero, enjaular, encarcelar

idioms:

• cooped up    encerrado, enjaulado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bur för ligghöns, finka (am. sl.)
v. - sätta i bur, stänga in, hålla fången
abbr. - Kooperativa förbundet, konsum, bostadsrätt (am.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
笼子, 栏舍, 监牢, 拘禁的场所, 关进, 拘禁

idioms:

• cooped up    被监禁, 关起来

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 籠子, 欄舍, 監牢, 拘禁的場所
v. tr. - 關進, 拘禁

idioms:

• cooped up    被監禁, 關起來

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 둥우리, 비좁은 장소, 형무소
v. tr. - 감금하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小屋, 養鶏場
v. - おりに入れる, 狭い所に閉じ込める, 閉じ込める

idioms:

• cooped up    閉じ込められた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قفص الدجاج (فعل) حبس بمكان ضيق (اختصار) مختصر لكلمه تعاوني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כלוב, לול, צרכניה, סל לדיג‬
v. tr. - ‮סגר אדם במקום צר, הכניס לכלוב‬

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