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sop /sop/ noun- Bread or other food dipped or soaked in liquid
- A puddle
- A soaking
- A propitiatory gift or concession (from the drugged sop the Sibyl gave to Cerberus to enable Aeneas to enter the Underworld in Virgil, Aeneid 6.420)
transitive verb (soppˈing; sopped)- To steep in alcohol
- To take up by absorption (with up)
- To soak
intransitive verb- To soak in, percolate
- To be soaked
ORIGIN: OE sopp (noun), soppian (verb); prob connected with sūpan to sup soppˈily adverb soppˈiness noun soppˈing noun, adjective and adverb soppˈy adjective - Drenched
- Thoroughly wet
- Sloppily sentimental
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