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Definition of Stooper
1. Noun. A person at a racetrack who searches for winning parimutuel tickets that have been carelessly discarded by others.
2. Noun. A person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders habitually bent forward.
Derivative terms: Stoop, Stoop, Stoop
Definition of Stooper
1. n. One who stoops.
Definition of Stooper
1. Noun. A person who stoops. ¹
2. Noun. One who searches for discarded winning tickets at a racetrack. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stooper
1. one that stoops [n -S] - See also: stoops
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stooper
Literary usage of Stooper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"... on the back of the stooping person by each boy as he jumps over him; the one
who knocks either of the things off has to take the place of the stooper. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"Act of stooping nation downward ; descent from di¡ superiority ; fall of a bird
apon b" vessel of liquor ; a post fasten earth : a northern word. stooper ..."
3. The Metropolitan (1842)
"For the stooper—and that will be thyself," said Master Nicolas. " 'Twill be the
better for the sweeper," said Godfrey. " Nay, I stoop neither for man nor ..."
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