"overstoop" meaning in English

See overstoop in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: overstoops [present, singular, third-person], overstooping [participle, present], overstooped [participle, past], overstooped [past]
Etymology: over- + stoop Etymology templates: {{pre|en|over|stoop}} over- + stoop Head templates: {{en-verb}} overstoop (third-person singular simple present overstoops, present participle overstooping, simple past and past participle overstooped)
  1. (transitive) To stoop over. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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