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soup

American  
[soop] / sup /

noun

  1. a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.

    Synonyms:
    potage, stock, broth

  2. Slang. a thick fog.

  3. Slang. added power, especially horsepower.

  4. Slang. nitroglycerin.

  5. Photography Slang. developing solution.

verb phrase

  1. soup up

    1. to improve the capacity for speed or increase the efficiency of (a motor or engine) by increasing the richness of the fuel mixture or the efficiency of the fuel, or by adjusting the engine.

    2. to give spirit or vivacity to; enliven.

      a political rally souped up by the appearance of the candidates.

idioms

  1. in the soup, in trouble.

    He'll be in the soup when the truth comes out.

  2. from soup to nuts,

    1. from the first through the last course of a meal.

    2. from beginning to end; to a complete, encompassing degree; leaving nothing out.

soup British  
/ suːp /

noun

  1. a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, vegetables, etc, usually served hot at the beginning of a meal

  2. informal a photographic developer

  3. informal anything resembling soup in appearance or consistency, esp thick fog See also peasouper

  4. a slang name for nitroglycerine

  5. informal in trouble or difficulties

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • soupless adjective
  • souplike adjective

Etymology

Origin of soup

1645–55; 1940–45 soup for def. 6; < French soupe, Old French souppe, sope < Germanic; compare Dutch sopen to dunk. See sop

Example Sentences

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You’re allowed to make one pot of soup and ride it all week.

From Salon

“Was the soup too spicy? The pork too chewy? The cookies too soft?”

From Literature

Mom uses the hot plate to reheat soup in a used metal pot Alex lent us.

From Literature

We watch as these elders, once proud Jews, walk slowly behind the priest, wanting nothing but a bowl of soup and a bed after the miserable time on the road.

From Literature

In his current role, Dylan covers an alphabet soup of regulators and law enforcement agencies, from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

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