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sop
1[ sop ]
noun
- a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- anything thoroughly soaked.
- something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe:
The political boss gave him some cash as a sop.
- a weak-willed or spineless person; milksop.
verb (used with object)
, sopped, sop·ping.
- to dip or soak in liquid food:
to sop bread in gravy.
- to drench.
- to take up (liquid) by absorption (usually followed by up ):
He used bread to sop up the gravy.
verb (used without object)
, sopped, sop·ping.
- to be or become soaking wet.
- (of a liquid) to soak (usually followed by in ).
SOP
2or S.O.P.
abbreviation for
- Standard Operating Procedure; Standing Operating Procedure.
sop.
3abbreviation for
- soprano.
sop
1/ sɒp /
noun
- often plural food soaked in a liquid before being eaten
- a concession, bribe, etc, given to placate or mollify
a sop to one's feelings
- informal.a stupid or weak person
verb
- tr to dip or soak (food) in liquid
- whenintr, often foll by in to soak or be soaked
SOP
2abbreviation for
- standard operating procedure
sop.
3abbreviation for
- soprano
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sop1
First recorded before 1000; (for the noun) Middle English; Old English sopp; cognate with Old Norse soppa; verb derivative of the noun; sup 3
Origin of sop2
First recorded in 1940–45
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sop1
Old English sopp; related to Old Norse soppa soup , Old High German sopfa milk with bread; see sup ²
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