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stooped

The correct spelling is stooped.

How to pronounce stooped

verb

IPA: /stuːpt/

Say it like: Stoo-ped

The correct spelling is stooped. To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch. For example: "He stooped to tie his shoe-laces."

Usage Examples

He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.

Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?

to stoop a cask of liquor

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
  2. 2.To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
  3. 3.Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
  4. 4.To cause to incline downward; to slant.
  5. 5.To cause to submit; to prostrate.

adjective

  1. 1.In a bent bodily position, hunched

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