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.

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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

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soup More Idioms  

More idioms and phrases containing soup

• duck soup
• from soup to nuts
• in the soup
• thick as thieves (pea soup)

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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

Baz gradually returned to the kitchen, starting with “comforting, tender and slow” meals like chicken bone broth and lentil soup.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dad is tossing a salad while Aunt Melissa spoons chicken noodle soup into bowls.

From Literature

"Are we to find people in this place? Ah, people mean water, Marlie! And hot tubs to wash in. And soft beds. And bowls of soup!"

From Literature

In the Guanabacoa neighborhood, in eastern Havana, workers are busy installing 12 solar panels on the roof of a nursing home run by the Catholic Church that doubles as a soup kitchen.

From Barron's

Danny didn’t have a name for everything in the soup bowl, but he recognized noodles, corn, and soft-boiled eggs.

From Literature

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