1. bending the head and shoulders forward and downward
Usage: present participle of stoop
2. lowering oneself to a level considered beneath one’s dignity
Usage: present participle of stoop

1. having a bent or hunched posture

Examples

• She was stooping to pick up the fallen papers.
• The old man walked with a stooping posture.
• He’s stooping to their level by arguing back.
• I saw her stooping over the garden, pulling weeds.
• The tall doorway prevented him from stooping as he entered.
• She refused to engage in stooping behavior during the debate.
• His stooping shoulders showed years of hard labor.