stooping Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb bend one's back forward from the waist on down
    stoop; crouch; bend; bow.
    • he crouched down
    • She bowed before the Queen
    • The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
  2. verb debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
    stoop; condescend; lower oneself.
    • I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
  3. verb descend swiftly, as if on prey
    stoop.
    • The eagle stooped on the mice in the field
  4. verb sag, bend, bend over or down
    stoop.
    • the rocks stooped down over the hiking path
  5. verb carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
    stoop.
    • The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane
  6. adjective satellite having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
    crooked; hunched; stooped; round-shouldered; round-backed.
    • a little oldish misshapen stooping woman

WordNet


Stoop"ing adjective & noun
Definitions
  1. from Stoop. -- Stoop"ing*ly, adv.

Webster 1913