n. [ Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and cf. Keeve. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [ Scotch ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cooped p. pr. & vb. n. Cooping. ] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [ Obs. ] “Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped.” Holland.

Syn. -- To crowd; confine; imprison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Coupe. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Coop. ] One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coopered p. pr. & vb. n. Coopering. ] To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Work done by a cooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The price paid for coopers' work. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A place where coopers' work is done. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. coopérant. ] Operating together; as, cooperant forces. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cooperated; p. pr. & vb. n. Cooperating. ] [ L. cooperatus, p. p. of cooperari to cooperate; co + operari to work, opus work. See Operate. ] To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whate'er cooperates to the common mirth. Crashaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cooperatio: cf. F. coopération. ] 1. The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not holpen by the cooperation of angels. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Polit. Econ.) The association of a number of persons for their benefit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Operating jointly to the same end. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cooperative society, a society established on the principle of a joint-stock association, for the production of commodities, or their purchase and distribution for consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital among its members. --
Cooperative store, a store established by a cooperative society, where the members make their purchases and share in the profits or losses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. coopérateur. ] One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. “Cooperators with the truth.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The occupation of a cooper. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to a cooper; coopered. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Coopery vessels made of wood. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Cooptate. Cf. F. coopter. ] To choose or elect in concert with another. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Each of the hundred was to coopt three others. Jowett (Thucyd.). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To choose or elect as a colleague or fellow member of a group; as, The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation. [ PJC + WordNet 1.5 ]

3. To assimilate (a smaller group) into a larger group. [ PJC ]

4. To persuade an opponent to join one's own side. [ PJC ]

5. To appoint summarily (with or without the appointee's consent). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

6. To appropriate (something rightly belonging to another) as one's own; to preempt; as, to co-opt someone's name. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ L. cooptatus, p. p. of cootare to elect to something; co- + optare to choose. ] To choose; to elect; to coopt. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cooptatio. ] The act of choosing; selection; choice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The first election and cooptation of a friend. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership). See co-opt{ 2 }.
Syn. -- co-option. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent).
Syn. -- co-option. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A coop or cage for hens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa, akin to D. schop a shovel, G. schüppe, and also to E. shove. See Shovel. ] 1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. J. R. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. a quantity sufficient to fill a scoop; -- used especially for ice cream, dispensed with an ice cream scoop; as, an ice cream cone with two scoops. [ PJC ]

8. an act of reporting (news, research results) before a rival; also called a beat. [ Newspaper or laboratory cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

9. news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's divorce?. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

Scoop net, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net for sweeping the bottom of a river. --
Scoop wheel, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scooped p. pr. & vb. n. Scooping. ] [ OE. scopen. See Scoop, n. ] 1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out. [ 1913 Webster ]

He scooped the water from the crystal flood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to report a story first, before (a rival); to get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival); -- used commonly in the passive; as, we were scooped. Also used in certain situations in scientific research, when one scientist or team of scientists reports their results before another who is working on the same problem. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, scoops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The avocet; -- so called because it scoops up the mud to obtain food. [ 1913 Webster ]