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Word entry · 5 letters

stoop

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"Bend forward"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /stuːp/Part of speech noun, verbSorted oopstStarts with SEnds with P1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward

Word origin

From Middle English stope, stoupe, from Old Norse staup (“dip, well, cup”), from Proto-Germanic *staupą, related to the verb *staupijaną (“to steep”). Related to Old English stēap (“drinking vessel, cup, flagon, stoop”).

Used in a sentence

  • The old man walked with a stoop.
  • At length the hawk got the upper hand, and made a rushing stoop at her quarry
  • He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.

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