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soap

  [sohp]
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–noun
1. a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
2. any metallic salt of an acid derived from a fat.
3. Slang. money, esp. as used for bribery in politics.
4. Slang. Also, soaper. soap opera.
–verb (used with object)
5. to rub, cover, lather, or treat with soap.
—Idiom
6. no soap, Informal. no go: He wanted me to vote for him, but I told him no soap.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME sope, OE sāpe, c. G Seife, D zeep, all < WGmc (perh. ≫ L sāpō; cf. saponify )

Related forms:
soapless, adjective
soaplike, adjective
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Slang Dictionary
soap

  1. n.
    a soap opera. : Soaps are very popular on college campuses these days.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

soap 
O.E. sape "soap" (originally a reddish hair dye used by Gmc. warriors to give a frightening appearance), from W.Gmc. *saipo- "dripping thing, resin" (cf. M.L.G. sepe, W.Fris. sjippe, Du. zeep, O.H.G. seiffa, Ger. seife "soap," O.H.G. seifar "foam," O.E. sipian "to drip"), from PIE base *seib- "to pour out, drip, trickle" (cf. L. sebum "tallow, suet, grease"). Romans and Greeks used oil to clean skin; the Romance language words for "soap" (cf. It. sapone, Fr. savon, Sp. jabon) are from L.L. sapo (first mentioned in Pliny), which is a Gmc. loan-word, as is Finnish saippio. The meaning "flattery" is recorded from 1853. The verb is first attested 1585. Soapstone (1681) is occasionally used for cleaning.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: soap
Pronunciation: 'sOp
Function: noun
1 : a cleansing and emulsifying agent made usually by action of alkali on fat or fatty acids andconsisting essentially of sodium or potassium salts of such acids
2 : a salt of a fatty acid and a metal
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

soap (sōp)
n.

  1. A cleansing agent made from a mixture of the sodium salts of various fatty acids of natural oils and fats.

  2. A metallic salt of a fatty acid, as of aluminum or iron.

soap v.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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