stoup
/stuːp/
stoup noun: a bucket. Also the obsolete form of stoop.
Noun
stoup (plural stoups)
- A bucket.
- A mug or other drinking vessel.
- Fetch me a stoup of liquor.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Set me the Stopes of wine vpon that Table.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church.
- He was seen [...] bathing in the holy water stoup as if he were its single and beholden bird, pushing aside weary French maids and local tradespeople with the impatience of a soul in physical distress.1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 26
- But, though I liked Morgan well enough, I did not greatly care for his smell, which, incredibly, considering his agnosticism, was not unlike that of stale water in a church stoup.1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers
- Synonyms:
- font
Also used as
stoup is also the obsolete form of stoop.
Examples of stoup in a sentence
- …we ran up stairs together without speaking, and were instantly in the apartment I had left, where a stoup of wine still stood untasted.1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 57:
- She saw nobody for the moment so that she entered the church formally dipping her fingers in the holy water stoup and signing herself.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 810:
Synonyms of stoup
Forms of stoup
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stoups |
| alternative form | stoop |
| alternative form | stowp |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | stoups |
| present participle | stouping |
| past participle | stouped |
| past | stouped |
Origin of stoup
From Old Norse staup, from Proto-Germanic *staupo- (whence Old English stēap). See stoop (“a vessel”). More at stop.
Words formed from stoup
Words that rhyme with stoup
39 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- bloop
- cloop
- whoop
- coupe
- regroup
- roop
- saloop
- sloop
- snoop
- alley oop
- boop
- gloop
- goop
- horse scoop
- jupe
- loupe
- roup
- troupe
- Tuesday Group
- astoop
- chat group
- croup
- dedupe
- drupe
- fisherman's soup
- FOUP
- French onion soup
- ginger group
- L'Anse-au-Loup
- locker loop
- matrix group
- ploop
- pupe
- shoop
- stewp
- stoep
- stupe
- voop
- zoop
Questions about stoup
- What does stoup mean?
- Stoup means a bucket.
- How do you use stoup in a sentence?
- …we ran up stairs together without speaking, and were instantly in the apartment I had left, where a stoup of wine still stood untasted.
- What part of speech is stoup?
- Stoup is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stoup?
- Stoup is pronounced /stuːp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of stoup?
- The plural of stoup is stoups.
Words near stoup in the dictionary
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