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noun a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
anything thoroughly soaked.
something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe: The political boss gave him some cash as a sop.
a weak-willed or spineless person; milksop.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object), sopped, sop·ping. to dip or soak in liquid food: to sop bread in gravy.
to drench.
to take up (liquid) by absorption (usually followed by up ): He used bread to sop up the gravy.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object), sopped, sop·ping. to be or become soaking wet.
(of a liquid) to soak (usually followed by in ).
Origin of sop before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English sopp; cognate with Old Norse soppa; (v.) Old English soppian, derivative of the noun (not recorded in ME). See sup2
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Words nearby sop sooty blotch, sooty grouse, sooty mold, sooty mould, sooty tern, sop , sopa, sopaipilla, Soper, soph, Sophar
Definition for sop (2 of 3) Standard Operating Procedure; Standing Operating Procedure.
Definition for sop (3 of 3) Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for sop A sop to lawmakers who represent congressional districts consisting entirely of catfish ponds.
Up to a Point: P.J. O’Rourke on Valentine’s Day and Oral Hygiene | P. J. O’Rourke| February 14, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Cynics, of course, can argue that this is just a sop to Western sensibilities.
Morsi Finally Answers Jeff Goldberg | Raphael Magarik| June 28, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Liberals regard them as a sop to the wealthy, who receive the largest share of the benefits.
In Second Term, What Will Obama Do About Bush Tax Cuts? | Noam Scheiber| March 2, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Taking it on now is strictly Obama's sop to liberals appalled by his spineless obsession with managing public perceptions.
Obama's Desperate Gay Pander | Lee Siegel| February 2, 2010| DAILY BEAST
With a shrug of his shoulders, sop resumed his studies, finding Aretino more diverting than such nonsense.
The Duke's Motto | Justin Huntly McCarthy
Nevertheless, as a sop to high philosop hy, every baby is allowed to be the offspring of its father and mother.
Essays on Life, Art and Science | Samuel Butler
Pliny states that sop was the Contubernalis of Rhodopis, his fellow slave, whose extraordinary beauty passed into a proverb.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, February 1883 | The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
As a sop to Cerberus, the King promised thenceforth to abide by the advice of his native nobility, and the subsidy was voted.
Earl Hubert's Daughter | Emily Sarah Holt
Of three of them, the Bible, Shakspeare and sop 's Fables, he could repeat large portions by heart.
Men of Our Times | Harriet Beecher Stowe
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British Dictionary definitions for sop (1 of 3) noun (often plural) food soaked in a liquid before being eaten
a concession, bribe, etc, given to placate or mollify a sop to one's feelings
informal a stupid or weak person
verb sops , sopping or sopped (tr) to dip or soak (food) in liquid
(when intr, often foll by in ) to soak or be soaked
Word Origin for sop Old English sopp; related to Old Norse soppa soup , Old High German sopfa milk with bread; see sup ²
British Dictionary definitions for sop (2 of 3) abbreviation for standard operating procedure
British Dictionary definitions for sop (3 of 3) 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
Words related to sop dunk, milksop, saturate, weakling, soak, absorb, wet, steep, douse, bribe, dip