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stoop

1

[ stoop ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position:

    to stoop over a desk.

    Synonyms: crouch, lean

  2. to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward:

    to stoop from age.

  3. (of trees, precipices, etc.) to bend, bow, or lean.
  4. to descend from one's level of dignity; condescend; deign:

    Don't stoop to argue with him.

  5. to swoop down, as a hawk at prey.
  6. to submit; yield.
  7. Obsolete. to come down from a height.


verb (used with object)

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

noun

  1. the act or an instance of stooping.
  2. a stooping position or carriage of body:

    The elderly man walked with a stoop.

  3. a descent from dignity or superiority.
  4. a downward swoop, as of a hawk.

stoop

2

[ stoop ]

noun

  1. a small porch or platform at the entrance to a house, or the steps leading up to it.

stoop

3

[ stoop ]

noun

stoop

1

/ stuːp /

verb

  1. also tr to bend (the body or the top half of the body) forward and downward
  2. to carry oneself with head and shoulders habitually bent forward
  3. often foll by to to abase or degrade oneself
  4. often foll by to to condescend; deign
  5. (of a bird of prey) to swoop down
  6. archaic.
    to give in
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the act, position, or characteristic of stooping
  2. a lowering from a position of dignity or superiority
  3. a downward swoop, esp of a bird of prey
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

stoop

2

/ stuːp /

noun

  1. a less common spelling of stoup
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

stoop

3

/ stuːp /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a pillar or post
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

stoop

4

/ stuːp /

noun

  1. a small platform with steps up to it at the entrance to a building
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈstooping, adjective
  • ˈstoopingly, adverb
  • ˈstooper, noun
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Other Words From

  • stooper noun
  • stooping·ly adverb
  • non·stooping adjective
  • un·stooped adjective
  • un·stooping adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stoop1

First recorded before 900; Middle English verb stoupen, stupen, Old English stūpian; cognate with Middle Dutch stūpen “to bend, bow”; akin to steep 1

Origin of stoop2

An Americanism dating back to 1670–80; from Dutch stoep; cognate with Middle Low German stōpe, German Stufe “step (in a stair)”; step
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stoop1

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

Origin of stoop2

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

Origin of stoop3

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

See bend 1.
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Example Sentences

From a polished stoop in East Baltimore to a perfectly filtered Instagram photo, there is danger and power to the images we craft of ourselves.

We stood on our balconies and stoops and leaned out windows to clap for front-line workers.

Adjoining stoops and fire escapes provided prime viewing and were highly functional for mothers and older people.

I knocked a door in my last campaign with a woman crying on her stoop because she was losing her housing.

Dogs that had originally arrived by ship as far back as the early 1800s got that name after the pots with dregs of burned peas and rice put out on the stoops for them at week’s end.

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.

I would even, I decided, stoop to having him thrown in jail on a phony charge, if that should be necessary.

Ask yourself if I have ever done a single thing which would indicate that I would stoop to the slaughter of the innocent.

Oh, how it makes a poor fellow's back ache, to stoop down and weed onions for half a day.

Near the low ceiling of the watch-house several hammocks are slung, obliging men to stoop a little as they move about.

To use the language of the talented Mr. Whipper, "they cannot be raised in this country, without being stoop shouldered."

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