Dictionary entry

Stoop (6)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Stoop, n. 1. The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.

2. Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.

Can any loyal subject see

With patience such a stoop from sovereignty? Dryden.

3. The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop. L'Estrange.