stoup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bucket.
  2. A mug or other drinking vessel.
  3. A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church.
verb
  1. Obsolete form of stoop.

Pronunciation

/stuːp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stoup.wav

Word forms

stoup stoups stoop stowp stouping stouped

Etymology

From Old Norse staup, from Proto-Germanic *staupo- (whence Old English stēap). See stoop (“a vessel”). More at stop.

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