Definition of Stoop

Noun

• small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
  stoep
• basin for holy water
  stoup
• an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
  

Verb

• 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"
  
• sag, bend, bend over or down
  "the rocks stooped down over the hiking path"
  
• descend swiftly, as if on prey
  "The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"
  
• debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
  "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
  condescend - lower oneself
• bend one's back forward from the waist on down
  "he crouched down"
  "She bowed before the Queen"
  "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
  crouch bend bow

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