Definition of "stoop"
- noun
The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
A stooping (ie. bent, see the "Verb" section above) position of the body.
An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
- verb
To bend oneself, or one's head, forward and downward.
To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
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