stoop

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[ stoop ]
/ stup /
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verb (used without object)

verb (used with object)

to bend (oneself, one's head, etc.) forward and downward.
Archaic. to abase, humble, or subdue.

noun

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Origin of stoop

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before 900; Middle English stoupen (v.), Old English stūpian; cognate with Middle Dutch stūpen to bend, bow; akin to steep1

synonym study for stoop

1. See bend1.

OTHER WORDS FROM stoop

Words nearby stoop

stookie, stool, stool ball, stool pigeon, stooly, stoop, stoop ball, stoop labor, stoop to, stoor, stoozing

Definition for stoop (2 of 3)

stoop2
[ stoop ]
/ stup /

noun

a small raised platform, approached by steps and sometimes having a roof and seats, at the entrance of a house; a small porch.

Origin of stoop

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1670–80, Americanism; < Dutch stoep; cognate with Middle Low German stōpe, German Stufe step in a stair. See step

Definition for stoop (3 of 3)

stoop3
[ stoop ]
/ stup /

noun

stoup.
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Words related to stoop

squat, crouch, hunch, deign, sag, slouch, slump, droop, sink, incline, relax, dip, lean, slant, bow, bend, duck, cringe, kneel, descend

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British Dictionary definitions for stoop (1 of 4)

stoop1
/ (stuːp) /

verb (mainly intr)

noun

Derived forms of stoop

stooper, nounstooping, adjectivestoopingly, adverb

Word Origin for stoop

Old English stūpan; related to Middle Dutch stupen to bow, Old Norse stūpa, Norwegian stupa to fall; see steep 1

British Dictionary definitions for stoop (2 of 4)

stoop2
/ (stuːp) /

noun

US and Canadian a small platform with steps up to it at the entrance to a building

Word Origin for stoop

C18: from Dutch stoep, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German stuofa stair, Old English stōpel footprint; see step

British Dictionary definitions for stoop (3 of 4)

stoop3
/ (stuːp) /

noun

archaic a pillar or post

Word Origin for stoop

C15: variant of dialect stulpe, probably from Old Norse stolpe; see stele

British Dictionary definitions for stoop (4 of 4)

stoop4
/ (stuːp) /

noun

a less common spelling of stoup
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