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Meaning of cooped up

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

cooped

Pronunciation:/kuːpt/

verb

Definitions

  1. To keep in a coop.

  2. To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.

  3. To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election.

  4. (law enforcement) Of a police officer: to sleep or relax while on duty.