stoop

Less common meanings

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   swoop (bird)verbintransitive

   Of a hunting bird, to fly down fast to catch an animal.

   The hawk stooped and grabbed a mouse from the field.

   We watched the eagle stoop toward the lake.

   Similarswoop, dive, plunge

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   nouncountable

   A very fast drop through the air, like a hawk diving to attack.

   The hawk made a sudden stoop at the rabbit.

   We gasped at the eagle's long stoop toward the water.

   Similardive, swoop, plunge

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   verbtransitive

   To tip something so that one end is lower.

   to stoop a cask of liquor

   Here, stoop means tilt a barrel so it leans downward.

   Similartilt, tip

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   verbtransitive

   To make someone give in, or to knock them down flat.

   Many of those whose states so tempt thine ears / Are stoopt by death; and many left alive.

   1614, Homer, Homer’s OdyssesHere, stoopt means brought low, so death has struck them down.

   Similarsubdue, humble

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   verbarchaic

   To give in and accept a lower place, or to bend because something forces you to.

   The grasse stoops not, she treads on it so light

   1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis
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    noundialectal

    A post or pole, often one that holds a gate or holds up part of a mine.
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    nounarchaic

    A container for drinks or other liquids, like a big jug with no spout.