Stoop

Stoop may refer to:

• a dive toward prey by a bird of prey such as a falcon. During a stoop the raptor folds its wings and makes its body shape as streamlined as possible. Although the stoop is still under control by altering the tail and extending a wing-tip when and where necessary. Towards the end of the stoop, the falcon swings its talons forward, ready to catch or hit its prey
• urban stoop, a small staircase leading to the entrance of an apartment building or dwelling in an urban or suburban setting
• a pejorative term for a member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party of Northern Ireland (SDLP). Originally developed by those associated with Provisional Sinn Féin from an alternative translation of SDLP - Stoop Down Low Party, meant to indicate the SDLPs more conciliatory approach to dealing with the governments of the UK and Ireland. It has since been taken back by the SDLP and their supporters, who use it as a personal, non-derogatory description.
• a slang term for a stew containing no meat, instead made with beans, lentils and rice, and eaten by vegetarians. The term refers to it being neither a stew (due to no meat), nor a soup (as the beans,lentils and rice when combined are protein equivalents of meat, in terms of essential amino acid availability).
• a person that is stupid, simply shortened to stoop.
• Can be used as a noun, eg- "This person is a stoop-munger, they munger all the stoop," or "there's no stoop left for anyone else to munger."
• a slang term for cigarettes used in Wilmington, Delaware (specifically in the areas between Arden, South Graylyn Crest and Fairfax).

See also stoup, a basin for holding holy water.