Meanings
verboverstoop (third-person singular simple present overstoops, present participle overstooping, simple past and past participle overstooped)
present singular third person overstoops · participle present overstooping · participle past overstooped · past overstooped
- transitiveTo stoop over.
1932, H. E. Bates, The Black Boxer Tales The engine itself stood between the cow barns and five stacks of wheat and barley, belching up clouds of black smoke into the tall poplar trees overstooping the pond.
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overstoop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstoop
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“overstoop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstoop. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overstoop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstoop.
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