[
US
/ˈstup/
]
[ UK /stˈuːp/ ]
[ UK /stˈuːp/ ]
VERB
-
debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
I won't stoop to reading other people's mail -
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
She bowed before the Queen
he crouched down -
sag, bend, bend over or down
the rocks stooped down over the hiking path -
carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane -
descend swiftly, as if on prey
The eagle stooped on the mice in the field
NOUN
- small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
- basin for holy water
- an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
How To Use stoop In A Sentence
- But the boy Mohammed being by me objurgated-for I remarked in him a jaunty demeanour combined with neglectfulness of ceremonies-saluted it sulkily, muttering the while hints about the holiness of his birthplace exempting him from the trouble of stooping. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
- Discourse doesn't have to stoop to the level unreturnable. Hillary On Obama's Speeches: "It's Change You Can Xerox"
- Stooping, I lifted the belt, ornamental silver medallions that tinkled faintly together like coins of small denominations. I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
- I stooped down to try and see through the _rahar_ who was there but the crop was so thick that I could see nothing; so I climbed up the mowah tree to look. Folklore of the Santal Parganas
- Mac put a heavy hand on her shoulder and pushed her aside to allow Jon to stoop in the doorway and lay a girlish kiss on the girl's badly rouged cheek.
- When I stoop to feel the texture of a small furry leaf, she quickly tells me not to touch the plants.
- However, we cannot continue to stoop to their level, because it removes our right to righteous indignation at their atrocities.
- He stooped to pick up the carrier bag of groceries.
- An elderly woman was standing behind him, frail and stooped, her thinning silver hair as light as goose down. AMAGANSETT
- The Doctor stooped and picked it up. The Story of Doctor Dolittle
