Meaning of Stoop | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A stooping, bent position of the body.
2. A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
3. The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
   Canada, New-Jersey, New-York, also
4. A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
   dialectal
5. An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
6. The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
   US

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Examples

“The old man walked with a stoop.”

“Theo Walcott's final pass has often drawn criticism but there could be no complaint in the 11th minute when his perfect delivery to the far post only required a stoop and a nod of the head from Young to put England ahead.”

“At length the hawk got the upper hand, and made a rushing stoop at her quarry”

“Nearly all the houses were built with their gables to the streets and each had heavy wooden Dutch stoops, with seats, at its door.”

“...the entrance being at the side of the house and reached by a low front stoop with four or five risers...”

“The guard at the door coughed up blood, and died instantly. Fina was carrying an empty rifle with a sharpened bayonet, and she'd thrust it straight up through his neck, severing the spinal cord. She levered him off the front stoop and into the bushes, then stood up on the tips of her toes to peer through the window in the door.”

“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.”

“You better hurry up and get strong, if you going to carry me across the stoop.”

“Holding her breath while she set one foot over the stoop and followed it up into the house”

“She grins at me and lifts her walker over the stoop.”

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