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Entry 15 senses · 6 variants Webster, 1913

Stoop

/sto͞op/ · IPA /stup/
01 n. Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-doo…
  1. 1.
    Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.(Arch.) [U. S.]
02 n. A vessel of liquor; a flagon.
  1. 1.
    A vessel of liquor; a flagon.
    “Fetch me a stoop of liquor.” — Shak.
03 n. A post fixed in the earth.
  1. 1.
    A post fixed in the earth.[Prov. Eng.]
04 v. i. To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habi…
imp. & p. p. Stooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stooping
  1. 1.
    To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.
  2. 2.
    To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
    “Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, . . . Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong.” — Dryden.
    “These are arts, my prince, In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome.” — Addison.
  3. 3.
    To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
    “Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly.” — Bacon.
  4. 4.
    To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
    “The bird of Jove, stooped from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.” — Milton.
  5. 5.
    To sink when on the wing; to alight.
    “And stoop with closing pinions from above.” — Dryden.
    “Cowering low With blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing.” — Milton.
Syn. To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower; shrink.
05 v. t. To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.
  1. 1.
    To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.
  2. 2.
    To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.
  3. 3.
    To cause to submit; to prostrate.[Obs.]
    “Many of those whose states so tempt thine ears Are stooped by death; and many left alive.” — Chapman.
  4. 4.
    To degrade.[Obs.]
06 n. The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.
  1. 1.
    The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.
  2. 2.
    Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.
    “Can any loyal subject see With patience such a stoop from sovereignty?” — Dryden.
  3. 3.
    The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.