I. stoop 1 /stuːp/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: stupian ]
1 . ( also stoop down ) to bend your body forward and down:
We had to stoop to pass through the low entrance.
Dave stooped down to tie his shoes.
2 . to stand with your back and shoulders bent forwards
stoop to something phrasal verb
to do something bad or morally wrong, which you do not normally do
stoop to doing something
I didn’t expect you to stoop to lying.
stoop to sb’s/that level
Don’t stoop to her level.
II. stoop 2 BrE AmE noun
1 . [singular] if you have a stoop, your shoulders are bent forward:
Mr Hamilton was an odd, quiet man who walked with a stoop.
2 . [countable] American English a raised area at the door of a house, usually big enough to sit on