originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the dutch stoep as introduced by the dutch into new york. afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the french perron. hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.-a vessel of liquor; a flagon.-a post fixed in the earth.-to bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.-to yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.-to descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.-to come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.-to sink when on the wing; to alight.-to bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.-to cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.-to cause to submit; to prostrate.-to degrade.-the act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.-descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.-the fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.