stoop
[stoop]
VERB
bend one's head or body forward and downward.
"he stooped down and reached toward the coin" · [more]
synonyms:
bend down · bend · lean over · lean down · kneel · crouch down · squat down · hunker down · hunch down · scooch · lower · incline · bow · duck
lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible.
"Craig wouldn't stoop to thieving" · [more]
synonyms:
lower oneself · sink · descend · resort · be reduced · go as far as · sink as low as
(of a bird of prey) swoop down on a quarry.
"we witnessed an eagle stooping on its prey"
NOUN
a posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forward.
"a tall, thin man with a stoop"
synonyms:
hunch · droop/sag of the shoulders · round-shoulderedness · curvature of the spine · kyphosis
the downward swoop of a bird of prey.