STOOP

Stoop

In urban architecture, a stoop is a small staircase ending in a platform and leading to the entrance of an apartment building or other building.

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stoop

Noun

  1. The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
  2. The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A stooping (ie. bent, see the "Verb" section above) position of the body
    The old man walked with a stoop.
  2. An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. A vessel of liquor; a flagon.

Verb

  1. To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward.
    He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.
  2. To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
    Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?
  3. Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
  4. To cause to incline downward; to slant.
    to stoop a cask of liquor
  5. To cause to submit; to prostrate.
  6. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
  7. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
  8. To degrade.


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