stoopverb [ I ]
uk/stuːp/us/stuːp/to bend the top half of the body forward and down:
The doorway was so low that we had to stoop to go through it.
Something fell out of her coat pocket and she stooped down and picked it up.
If someone stoops, their head and shoulders are always bent forwards and down:
He's over six feet tall, but the way he stoops makes him look shorter.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not holding the body upright
- bent double
- bowed
- cower
- crouch
- double
- double (sb) up/over
- huddle
- huddled
- hunch
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around (sth)
- scrunch
- slouch
- slump
- slumped
- sprawl
stooped
adjective uk/stuːpt/us/stuːpt/
She is small and slightly stooped.
Phrasal verb(s)
stoop to sth
stoopnoun
uk/stuːp/us/stuːp/stoop noun (STEPS)
[ C ] US a raised flat area in front of the door of a house, with steps leading up to it:
She got home to find the kids sitting on the stoop waiting for her.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Parts of buildings: stairs & lifts
- chairlift
- chute
- doorstep
- drag lift
- dumb waiter
- elevator
- escalator
- fire escape
- ladder
- lift
- ramp
- rope ladder
- rung
- stair
- staircase
- stairwell
- step
- stepladder
- stoep
- tread
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stoop noun (BEND)
[ S ] a way of standing or walking with the head and shoulders bent slightly forwards and down:
He is a tall man with a slight stoop.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not holding the body upright
- bent double
- bowed
- cower
- crouch
- double
- double (sb) up/over
- huddle
- huddled
- hunch
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around (sth)
- scrunch
- slouch
- slump
- slumped
- sprawl