stoops

Noun (1)

stoop (plural stoops)

1. A stooping, bent position of the body.
   • The old man walked with a stoop.

   Synonyms:

   hunch

2. An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
   • At length the hawk got the upper hand, and made a rushing stoop at her quarry1819, “Bracebridge Hall”, in Hawking, Washington Irving

Noun (2)

stoop (plural stoops)

1. A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.

Noun (3)

stoop (plural stoops)

1. (Canada, New-Jersey, New-York, also, Connecticut) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
   • Nearly all the houses were built with their gables to the streets and each had heavy wooden Dutch stoops, with seats, at its door.1856, James Fenimore Cooper, Satanstoe or The Littlepage Manuscripts: A Tale of the Colony, London, page 110

   Synonyms:

   porch, verandah

2. (US) The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
   • 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.1902, Gustav Kobbé, Signora: a child of the opera house, page 15

   Synonyms:

   step, doorstep

Noun (4)

stoop (plural stoops)

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

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