Meanings
adjectivestooping (comparative more stooping, superlative most stooping)
comparative more stooping · superlative most stooping
- Bending the body forward in a submissive or weak manner.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of stoop
nounstooping (plural stoopings)
plural stoopings
- The act of one who stoops.
This place was returning to me a sense of my own motion through it, my stoopings into rooms, my pauses to judge the way.
2011, Don DeLillo, The Names
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
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Translations
Bulgarian приведен, прегърбен
- приведен (priveden)bending the body forward
- прегърбен (pregărben)bending the body forward
Latin prōnus
- prōnusbending the body forward
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stooping
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APA
stooping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stooping
MLA
“stooping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stooping. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stooping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stooping.
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