stoop
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3.9
- noun
- /stuːp/
- US
- On warm evenings, we love to sit on the stoop and watch the sun set.
- sit on a stoop
- a front stoop
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- Grandma cleaned Stoops on the Lower East Side and took in borders.
- So the neighbors were out on their Stoops, and every time we would pass by, they would yell out at us.
- It was on the back stoop of his house and he wanted me to have a real job.
- You live, you know, your neighbor always plays music loud on a Saturday morning when they're cleaning their stoop.
- And one day he comes out, he sits on the on the stoop and she looks at him and he looks at her and kind of goes.
- For generations, paper newspapers have been have been seen as expendable fish wrap and kindling the day after they hit your stoop.
- But, you know, I've never haven't gotten to the stoop, you know, But I hope to.
Examples
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Neighbors are clustered by the stoop in robes, pajamas, and undershirts.
Fiction book (1992) -
There, on the front stoop, to her utter astonishment, stands Jack.
Fiction book (1993) -
Then maybe you can stand on my stoop and tell me you understand.
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You used to be able to sit out on the stoop like a person.
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"You sit on your front stoop and watch the traffic go by."
Academic text (2011) -
I was sitting on his stoop when he got there to open up.
Fiction book (1993) -
The street is empty except for a couple sitting on a stoop down the way.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sam opens the front door for him, and they stand out on the stoop for a moment.
Fiction book (1992) -
Later, he and I sat on the stoop for a while, watching the new buds on the trees.
Academic text (2003) -
Bernzy is sitting on the stoop of a magnificent Beaux-Arts townhouse.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
377
1.0
A covered area by the front door where people can sit or leave things
213
1.0
A set of stairs outside a building
120
1.0
The step at the bottom of a door that you cross to go inside
117
1.0
A flat part of a stair where you put your foot when going up or down
62
2.0
A covered area at the front of a house where people can sit
19
2.7
A roofed platform along a house at ground level, often partly enclosed
7
7.9
A covered entrance to a building with columns like a porch
1
9.9
A small porch or steps at the front of a house where people sit
Idioms
- Informal
A sign asking dog owners not to let their dogs poop on the front steps
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Etymology
Stoop comes from the Dutch word stoep, which meant 'porch' or 'steps', so a stoop is literally the small set of steps or front porch where people sit and talk.