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Meaning of stoop
noun
- The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
- The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
noun
- A stooping, bent position of the body. Example: The old man walked with a stoop.
- An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
verb
- To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch. Example: He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.
- To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals. Example: Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?
- Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
- To cause to incline downward; to slant. Example: to stoop a cask of liquor
- To cause to submit; to prostrate.
noun
- A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
noun
- A vessel for holding liquids; a flagon.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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