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stooping

/ˈstuːpɪŋ/

stooping adjective: bending the body forward in a submissive or weak manner. Also the present participle and gerund of stoop.

Adjective

stooping (comparative more stooping, superlative most stooping)

  1. Bending the body forward in a submissive or weak manner.

Noun

stooping (plural stoopings)

  1. The act of one who stoops.
    • This place was returning to me a sense of my own motion through it, my stoopings into rooms, my pauses to judge the way.2011, Don DeLillo, The Names

Also used as

stooping is also the present participle and gerund of stoop.

Forms of stooping

Adjective
comparativemore stooping
superlativemost stooping
Noun
pluralstoopings

Words formed from stooping

Words that rhyme with stooping

Questions about stooping

What does stooping mean?
Stooping means bending the body forward in a submissive or weak manner.
What part of speech is stooping?
Stooping can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce stooping?
Stooping is pronounced /ˈstuːpɪŋ/.

Words near stooping in the dictionary

  1. stoopest
  2. stoopeth
  3. stoopid
  4. stoopider
  5. stoopidest
  6. stooping
  7. stoopingly
  8. stoopings
  9. stoopless
  10. stoops
  11. stoopt

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