stoop 1
— stooper , n. — stoopingly , adv.
/stoohp/ , v.i.
1. to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
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. Obs. to come down from a height.
v.t.
8. to bend (oneself, one's head, etc.) forward and downward.
9. Archaic. to abase, humble, or subdue.
n.
10. the act or an instance of stooping.
11. a stooping position or carriage of body: The elderly man walked with a stoop.
12. a descent from dignity or superiority.
13. a downward swoop, as of a hawk.
[ bef. 900; ME stoupen (v.), OE stupian; c. MD stupen to bend, bow; akin to STEEP 1 ]
Syn. 1. lean, crouch. See bend 1 .
stoop 2
/stoohp/ , n.
a small raised platform, approached by steps and sometimes having a roof and seats, at the entrance of a house; a small porch.
[ 1670-80, Amer.; stoep; c. MLG stope, G Stufe step in a stair. See STEP ]
stoop 3
/stoohp/ , n.
stoup.