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Rarecooping
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.
Usage Examples
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Meanings
verb
- 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.
- 5.To make or repair barrels, casks and other wooden vessels; to work upon in the manner of a cooper.
noun
- 1.The practice of forcing unwilling participants to vote, often several times over, for a particular candidate in an election.
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