sopping

American

[sop-ing] / ˈsɒp ɪŋ /

adjective

soaked; drenched.

Her clothes were sopping from the rain.

sopping British

/ ˈsɒpɪŋ /

adjective

Also: sopping wet. completely soaked; wet through

"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

Etymology

Origin of sopping

First recorded in 1525–35; sop + -ing ²

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.

“I’m always thinking about sopping up flavors,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Cloth in hand, he'd head to the stylish Crittall windows in the East London flat where he once lived - because these windows, though stylish, were also sopping wet.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024

I loved how honest and mature Seema is about voicing herself, even while standing outside in salon capes with sopping wet hair.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023

She then carved off another fleshy chunk and aimed it at me with one hand while sopping up the steak juice with a once-beautiful piece of honey wheat bread with the other.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2023

“That should be the last one for a while,” John said, wiping his head with an already sopping towel.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023