Nearby Words
soft soap
Soft Soap www.stockngo.com/ Buy it by the Case and Save. Free Shipping On Orders over $39!
Soft Soap www.drugstore.com/Softsoap Buy Softsoap Liquid Soaps. Free Shipping On $25+ User Reviews.
Softsoap ® Products softsoap.officeworld.com/ Save on Softsoap Soap today. Free ship at $49! OfficeWorld.com ™
Ads
soft soap
noun
1.
Informal. persuasive talk; flattery: to use soft soap to get one's way.
2.
the semifluid soap produced when potassium hydroxide is used in the saponification of a fat or an oil.
Origin:
1625–35
1625–35
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Soft soap
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To soft soap
Collins
World English Dictionary
| soft soap | |
| —n | |
| 1. | med another name for green soap |
| 2. | informal flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk |
| —vb | |
| 3. | informal to use such talk on (a person) |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
soft soap definition
Flattery: “Mary asked the boss to stop giving her a lot of soft soap about her performance and to start leveling with her like any other employee.”
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Slang Dictionary
soft soap definition
|
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
soft soap
Flattery, cajolery, as in She's only six but she's learned how to get her way with soft soap. This colloquial expression alludes to liquid soap, likening its slippery quality to insincere flattery. Its figurative use was first recorded in 1830.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For Soft soap
Matching Quote
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
