pea soup
Americannoun
-
a thick soup made from split peas.
-
Informal. a dense, yellow fog.
Etymology
Origin of pea soup
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It’s where I watched Barack Obama get elected twice, the Lakers win back-to-back championships, and where I indulged in countless night caps and an unreasonable amount of all-you-can-eat split pea soup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
But the groundwork had already been laid before Linda Blair ever spit out that pea soup — and not via the Vatican.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023
Bhutan’s pea soup, for instance, “reminded me so much of the American split pea soup or, as we make it in Italy, the dry fava soup,” she says.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023
This sweet potato and black-eyed pea soup, from “The Blue Zones American Kitchen,” fits right into his message.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2022
“Most are eating pea soup, you see, but that would be quite challenging to transport,” he explained.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
