stoop
1- to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
- to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward: to stoop from age.
- (of trees, precipices, etc.) to bend, bow, or lean.
- to descend from one's level of dignity; condescend; deign: Don't stoop to argue with him.
- to swoop down, as a hawk at prey.
- to submit; yield.
- Obsolete. to come down from a height.
- to bend (oneself, one's head, etc.) forward and downward.
- Archaic. to abase, humble, or subdue.
- the act or an instance of stooping.
- a stooping position or carriage of body: The elderly man walked with a stoop.
- a descent from dignity or superiority.
- a downward swoop, as of a hawk.
Origin of stoop
1Synonyms for stoop
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stoop
2- 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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3Related Words for stoop
squat, crouch, hunch, deign, sag, slouch, slump, droop, sink, incline, relax, dip, lean, slant, bow, bend, duck, cringe, kneel, descendExamples from the Web for stoop
Contemporary Examples of stoop
Nobody ever says they want to become a cop so they can bust people for urinating in public or drinking alcohol on their stoop.
Why stoop to intentional leaks and anonymous sources to push a defensive narrative?
The archetype of the disobedient Cossack who will not stoop to intimidation remains an important part of Ukrainian identity.
I had to sit on my stoop for a few minutes and think, ‘Did that just happen?’
Then you see him stoop to something this kind of person would never do, steal a bicycle.
Historical Examples of stoop
Harriett saw his stoop, and the taut, braced power of his back as he lifted.
Life and Death of Harriett FreanMay Sinclair
No fools are they, in fact, even when to that name they 'stoop to conquer.'
He showed no interest on seeing K., who had to stoop to enter the low room.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
In order to pass out he was obliged to stoop, so tall was he.
Rico and WiseliJohanna Spyri
I told him I did, and it was because I did and meant to do so to the last, that I would not stoop to propitiate any of them.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
stoop
1- (also tr) to bend (the body or the top half of the body) forward and downward
- to carry oneself with head and shoulders habitually bent forward
- (often foll by to) to abase or degrade oneself
- (often foll by to) to condescend; deign
- (of a bird of prey) to swoop down
- archaic to give in
- the act, position, or characteristic of stooping
- a lowering from a position of dignity or superiority
- a downward swoop, esp of a bird of prey
Word Origin for stoop
stoop
2- US and Canadian a small platform with steps up to it at the entrance to a building
Word Origin for stoop
stoop
3- archaic a pillar or post
Word Origin for stoop
stoop
4- a less common spelling of stoup
Word Origin and History for stoop
"bend forward," Old English stupian "to bow, bend" (cognate with Middle Dutch stupen "to bow, bend"), from Proto-Germanic *stup-, from PIE *(s)teu- (see steep (adj.)). Figurative sense of "condescend" is from 1570s. Sense of "swoop" is first recorded 1570s in falconry.
"raised open platform at the door of a house," 1755, American and Canadian, from Dutch stoep "flight of steps, doorstep, stoop," from Middle Dutch, from Proto-Germanic *stopo "step" (see step).