sopping

[ sop-ing ]

adjective

1. soaked; drenched:

   Her clothes were sopping from the rain.

sopping

/ ˈsɒpɪŋ /

adjective

1. completely soaked; wet through Alsosopping wet

Word History and Origins

Origin of sopping¹

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

Example Sentences

Dr. Kent Sepkowitz on why you should sleep easy on your sopping wet mattress.

From The Daily Beast

Whether it actually works or not, the summons to dig deep within yourself is journey enough for our sopping wet heroes.

From The Daily Beast

The rain had ceased a few hours before, but the trench was still sopping wet and thick with sticky mud.

From Project Gutenberg

Seor Don Marcelino, shall I not tie your horse under the shed, your saddle will be sopping wet in five minutes?

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Very little of the sweat that Jason wiped from his sopping face was caused by the heat in the room.

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Count Victor laughed, and for an answer simply thrust forth a sopping foot to his examination.

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There was no snow left; all frost was out of the ground along the Drowned Lands; and the earth was sopping wet.

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