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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stoop1
▶verb
  • 1 bend one's head or body forwards and downwards.

    ■ have the head and shoulders habitually bent forwards.

  • 2 lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible.
  • 3 (of a bird of prey) swoop down on a quarry.
▶noun
  • 1 a stooping posture.
  • 2 the downward swoop of a bird of prey.
– origin OE stūpian (v.), of Gmc origin; rel. to steep1.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stoop2
▶noun N. Amer. a porch with steps in front of a house or other building.
– origin C18: from Du. stoep (see stoep).



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