soup

[ soop ]
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noun
  1. a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.

  2. Slang. a thick fog.

  1. Slang. added power, especially horsepower.

  2. Slang. nitroglycerin.

  3. Photography Slang. developing solution.

Verb Phrases
  1. soup up, Slang.

    • 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.

    • to give spirit or vivacity to; enliven: a political rally souped up by the appearance of the candidates.

Idioms about soup

  1. from soup to nuts,

    • from the first through the last course of a meal.

    • from beginning to end; to a complete, encompassing degree; leaving nothing out.

  2. in the soup, Informal. in trouble: He'll be in the soup when the truth comes out.

Origin of soup

1
1645–55; 1940–45 for def. 6; <French soupe,Old French souppe, sope<Germanic; compare Dutch sopen to dunk. See sop

Other words for soup

Other words from soup

  • soupless, adjective
  • souplike, adjective

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How to use soup in a sentence

  • But the souped-up squad car was coming on fast, too, and it was quite a chase.

    Out Like a Light | Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Since it's Lyad's private boat, I imagine it's been souped up with everything they could throw in.

    Legacy | James H Schmitz
  • Trouble was, his fancy, souped-up Lincoln was of no use to him at all.

    Damned If You Don't | Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for soup

soup

/ (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

  1. informal anything resembling soup in appearance or consistency, esp thick fog: See also peasouper

  2. a slang name for nitroglycerine

  3. in the soup informal in trouble or difficulties

Origin of soup

1
C17: from Old French soupe, from Late Latin suppa, of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German suppe, Old Norse soppa soup

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

Other Idioms and Phrases with soup

soup

In addition to the idiom beginning with soup

  • soup up

also see:

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

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