Word Frequency
stoop1 (stuːp
)
Definitions
verb
- also tr to bend (the body or the top half of the body) forward and downward
- to carry oneself with head and shoulders habitually bent forward
- often foll by to to abase or degrade oneself
- often foll by to to condescend; deign
- (of a bird of prey) to swoop down
- (archaic) to give in
noun
- the act, position, or characteristic of stooping
- a lowering from a position of dignity or superiority
- a downward swoop, esp of a bird of prey
Derived Forms
ˈstooper nounˈstooping adjective
ˈstoopingly adverb
Word Origin
Old English stūpan; related to Middle Dutch stupen to bow, Old Norse stūpa, Norwegian stupa to fall; see steep1Translations for 'stoop'
- British English: stoop If you stoop, you stand or walk with your shoulders bent forwards. VERBShe was taller than he was and stooped slightly.
- Brazilian Portuguese: debruçar-se
- Chinese: 驼背驼駝背
- European Spanish: encorvarse
- French: être voûté être voûtée
- German: sich bücken
- Italian: avere le spalle curve
- Japanese: 猫背である
- Korean: 구부정하다
- Portuguese: debruçar-se
- Spanish: encorvarse
Example Sentences Including 'stoop'
And in the queerest case of biting the hand that feeds you, head-hunters even stoop to poaching from their clients.Business Today (2000)
Apparently there were no depths to which tenants anxious to penetrate their landlord's defences would not stoop.Miss Melville Regrets
He gripped my arm as we stumbled down the unlit corridor to the stoop.A DARKENING STAIN (2002)
If a man is prepared to stoop so low to paying for flattery then his partner really is better off without him.Sun, News of the World (2004)
Normally I wouldn't stoop to gloating, but I'm fishing for praise.Toronto Sun (2003)
So they stoop to either making things up or pushing their own agendas.Sun, News of the World (2001)
The door of the Monarch Street house opened, and her Aunt Jessica, her father's sister, came out onto the stoop.COLDHEART CANYON (2001)
There are depths of insincerity and almost dishonesty in politics to which no soldier could stoop.Douglas Haig, 1861-1928
``It's very disappointing that someone would stoop that low,' Mr Forbes said.Australian News Misc (2004)
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