stoop
A stooping, bent position of the bodyA stooping, bent position of the body.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded: Downtowngal, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
6 sensesA stooping, bent position of the body.
The old man walked with a stoop.
gebückte Haltung
An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
пике́piké
A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
(Canada, New Jersey, New York, also)The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
Treppeneingang
крыльцо́krylʹcó, вера́ндаveránda
small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
(US)The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
(dialectal)A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
Examples
43 sentencesTom was sitting on the stoop.
ruТом сидел на крыльце. — marafon
Tom is sitting on the stoop.
Tom stooped down to grab it.
Tom stooped and picked up the coin.
ruТом нагнулся и подобрал монетку. — Wezel
deTom bückte sich und hob die Münze auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He stooped to put on his shoes.
ruОн наклонился, чтобы надеть ботинки. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English stoupen, from Old English stūpian (“to bow, bend”), from Proto-West GeFrom Middle English stoupen, from Old English stūpian (“to bow, bend”), from Proto-West Germanic *stūpōn, from Proto-Germanic *stūpōną, *stūpijaną (“to stand out”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, butt, knock”). Compare steep. Cognate with Dutch stuipen (“to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward”), Old Norse stúpa (“to stoop”). Related also to Old Frisian stēpa (“to help”), Old Norse steypa (“to cause to stoop, cast down, overthrow”).
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”).
Borrowed from Dutch stoep (“platform", "pavement”). Doublet of stoep. Cognate with step.
From Middle English stoupe, stulpe, from Old Norse stólpi (“post, pillar”), from Proto-Germanic *stulpô.
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