verb
definition
To suck one's teeth, indicating disappointment, derision or disgust.
noun
noun
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A stooping, bent position of the body.
example
The old man walked with a stoop.
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An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
verb
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To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
example
He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.
definition
To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
example
Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?
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Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
definition
To cause to incline downward; to slant.
example
to stoop a cask of liquor
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To cause to submit; to prostrate.
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To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
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To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
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To degrade.
noun
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A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
noun
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A vessel for holding liquids; a flagon.
Examples of stoops in a Sentence
In the third he stands almost upright; in the first he kneels; in the second he stoops, halfway between the upright and the kneeling position.
Or the font could be moved to the entrance of the Church between the two holy water stoops.
In a proclamation issued for his arrest in 1683 he is described as "a tall lean man, dark brown hair, a great Roman nose, thin-jawed, heat in his face, speaks in the Scotch tone, a sharp piercing eye, stoops a little in the shoulders."