1. v. & n.
--v.
1. tr. bend (one's head or body) forwards and downwards.
2 intr. carry one's head and shoulders bowed forward.
3 intr. (foll. by to + infin.) deign or condescend.
4 intr. (foll. by to) descend or lower oneself to (some conduct) (has stooped to crime).
5 intr. (of a hawk etc.) swoop on its prey.
--n.
1. a stooping posture.
2 the downward swoop of a hawk etc.
Etymology: OE stupian f. Gmc, rel. to STEEP(1) 2. n. US a porch or small veranda or set of steps in front of a house.
Etymology: Du. stoep: see STOEP 3. var. of STOUP.