1. to bend the head and shoulders forward and downward
2. to lower oneself morally or socially

1. a forward bending of the head and shoulders
2. a small porch or platform at the entrance of a house
Usage: chiefly northeastern U.S.

Examples

• She had to stoop to pick up the fallen papers.
• The old man walked with a permanent stoop.
• I won’t stoop to their level of petty arguments.
• The children sat on the front stoop waiting for their friends.
• He developed a stoop from years of hunching over his desk.
• The apartment building had a wide stoop with iron railings.
• Don’t stoop so much when you walk.