stoop
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Is stoop a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of stoop?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.Examples: "the holy eagle Stoop'd, as to foote vs: his Ascension is More sweet then our blest Fields"; "Presently the bird stooped and seized a salmon, and a violent struggle ensued."intransitive
2. (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.Examples: "to stoop a cask of liquor"transitive
3. (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.Examples: "Many of those whose states so tempt thine ears / Are stoopt by death; and many left alive."transitive
noun (English)
1. (architecture, chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.Examples: "Nearly all the houses were built with their gables to the streets and each had heavy wooden Dutch stoops, with seats, at its door."; "...the entrance being at the side of the house and reached by a low front stoop with four or five risers..."; "The guard at the door coughed up blood, and died instantly. Fina was carrying an empty rifle with a sharpened bayonet, and she'd thrust it straight up through his neck, severing the spinal cord. She levered him off the front stoop and into the bushes, then stood up on the tips of her toes to peer through the window in the door."Synonyms: porch, verandahCanadaNew-JerseyNew-Yorkalso
2. (architecture, US) The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.Examples: "A short flight of iron steps leads up to it and a storm door is built over the stoop, forming a little vestibule, and serving to keep out the gusts."; "You better hurry up and get strong, if you going to carry me across the stoop."; "Holding her breath while she set one foot over the stoop and followed it up into the house"Synonyms: step, doorstepUS
noun (English)
1. (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.dialectal
Definition source: Wiktionary