present participle of coop

The practice of forcing unwilling participants to vote, often several times over, for a particular candidate in an election.

A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals. / A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish. / (figuratively, slang) A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison.

(transitive) To keep in a coop. / (transitive) To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.

(regional, England, Scotland) A cart with sides and ends made from boards, enabling it to carry manure, etc. / (regional, England, Scotland) A cart which opens at the back to release its load; a tumbril.

(Scotland) A small heap.

Alternative form of co-op.

plural of coop

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coop

simple past tense and past participle of coop