stoop
noun/stuːp/
/stuːp/
- [singular] if somebody has a stoop, their shoulders are always bent forward
- [countable] (North American English) a raised area outside the door of a house with steps leading up to it
- the front stoop
- We sat talking on the stoop until midnight.
Word Originnoun sense 1 Old English stūpian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to the adjective steep. The noun sense dates from the late 16th cent. noun sense 2 mid 18th cent.: from Dutch stoep, of the same meaning.
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