sop

¹ American  

[sop] / sɒp /

noun

1. a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.

2. anything thoroughly soaked.

3. something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe.

   The political boss gave him some cash as a sop.

   Synonyms:

   payoff, gratuity, tip

4. a weak-willed or spineless person; milksop.

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verb (used with object)

sopped, sopping

1. to dip or soak in liquid food.

   to sop bread in gravy.

2. to drench.

3. to take up (liquid) by absorption (usually followed byup ).

   He used bread to sop up the gravy.

verb (used without object)

sopped, sopping

1. to be or become soaking wet.

2. (of a liquid) to soak (usually followed byin ).

SOP ² American  

Or S.O.P.

abbreviation

1. Standard Operating Procedure; Standing Operating Procedure.

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sop. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. soprano.

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sop ¹ British  

/ sɒp /

noun

1. (often plural) food soaked in a liquid before being eaten

2. a concession, bribe, etc, given to placate or mollify

   a sop to one's feelings

3. informal a stupid or weak person

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verb

1. (tr) to dip or soak (food) in liquid

2. to soak or be soaked

SOP ² British  

abbreviation

1. standard operating procedure

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sop. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. soprano

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

He was sopping wet and covered with foam from the fermenting mash.

From Literature

She rips open the package of Oreos and dunks one into her glass of milk until it’s sopping wet.

From Literature

She was sopping wet from sitting close to the door, and she was shivering.

From Literature

And if cash can’t buy it, just use it to sop up the mess.

From Salon

A hedge-fund strategy known as the “basis trade” has helped sop up more Treasury issuance.

From MarketWatch