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cooping

The correct spelling is cooping.

How to pronounce cooping

verb

IPA: /ˈkuːpɪŋ/

Say it like: Coo-pin-g

The correct spelling is cooping. To keep in a coop.

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Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To keep in a coop.
  2. 2.To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
  3. 3.To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election.
  4. 4.(law enforcement) Of a police officer: to sleep or relax while on duty.
  5. 5.To make or repair barrels, casks and other wooden vessels; to work upon in the manner of a cooper.

noun

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

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