stoup
Plural: stoups
Noun
- A basin for holy water, often at a church entrance.
- an archaic drinking vessel
- basin for holy water
- A bucket.
- A mug or other drinking vessel.
- A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church.
Verb
- Obsolete form of stoop.
Examples
- He hoped for divine inspiration, perhaps a STOUP full of high-scoring tiles.
Origin / Etymology
From Old Norse staup, from Proto-Germanic *staupo- (whence Old English stēap). See stoop (“a vessel”). More at stop.
Scrabble Score: 7
stoup: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstoup: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stoup: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
stoup: valid Words With Friends Word