intransitive verb
- to bend the body forward or in a crouch
- to carry the head and shoulders or the upper part of the body habitually bent forward
- to condescend, or deign
- to demean or degrade oneself
- to pounce or swoop down, as a bird of prey
- Archaic to yield or submit
Origin:
ME stupen < OE stupian, akin to ON stūpa < IE *(s)teup- < base *(s)teu-, to strike > stock