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Definition stoop

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch stoep (“platform", "pavement”). Cognate with step.

Noun

stoop (plural stoops)

1. (chiefly Northeastern US, chiefly New York, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
2. (US) The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.

Etymology 2

From Middle English stoupen, from Old English st?pian (“to bow, bend”), from Proto-Germanic *st?p?n?, *st?pijan? (“to stand out”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, butt, knock”). Compare steep. Cognate with Dutch stuipen (“to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward”), Old Norse stúpa (“to stoop”). Related also to Old Frisian st?pa (“to help”), Old Norse steypa (“to cause to stoop, cast down, overthrow”).

Verb

stoop (third-person singular simple present stoops, present participle stooping, simple past and past participle stooped)

1. To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
2. To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
3. Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
4. (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
5. (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
6. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
7. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
8. To degrade.

Noun

stoop (plural stoops)

1. A stooping, bent position of the body.
2. An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.

Etymology 3

From Middle English, from Old Norse stolpe.

Noun

stoop (plural stoops)

1. (dialectal) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.

Etymology 4

From Old English stope.

Noun

stoop (plural stoops)

1. A vessel for holding liquids; a flagon.

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