stoop1
v.
- bend one's head or body forwards and downwards.
▸have the head and shoulders habitually bent forwards.
- lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible.
- (of a bird of prey) swoop down on a quarry.
n.
- a stooping posture.
- the downward swoop of a bird of prey.
Etymology
OE stūpian (v.), of Gmc origin; rel. to steep1.
stoop2
n.
N. Amer. a porch with steps in front of a house or other building.
Etymology
C18: from Du. stoep (see stoep).