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STOOPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stooper mean?
• STOOPER (noun)
The noun STOOPER has 2 senses:
1. a person at a racetrack who searches for winning parimutuel tickets that have been carelessly discarded by others
2. a person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders habitually bent forward
Familiarity information: STOOPER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person at a racetrack who searches for winning parimutuel tickets that have been carelessly discarded by others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("stooper" is a kind of...):
salvager; salvor (someone who salvages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders habitually bent forward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("stooper" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
stoop (carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward)
stoop (sag, bend, bend over or down)
stoop (bend one's back forward from the waist on down)
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