sop

See also SOP

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒp

Etymology

Middle English soppe, from Old English sopp 'sopped bread', from Proto-Germanic *sauppa (compare Dutch sop, Old High German sopfa), deverbative of *sūpanan 'to sup'. More at sup; compare soup.

Noun

sop (plural sops)

1. Something entirely soaked.
2. A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
3. Something given or done to pacify or bribe.
4. A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person; a milksop
5. Gravy. (Appalachian)

Derived terms

• sippet

Verb

sop (third-person singular simple present sops, present participle sopping, simple past and past participle sopped)

1. To steep or dip in any liquid.

Derived terms

• sop up

Anagrams

• ops , OPS, pos, POS, PSO

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Dutch

Verb

sop

1. First-person singular of soppen
2. Singular imperative of soppen

Noun

sop n.

1. water with soap, usually to wash clothes
2. the sea in terms of somebody who will sail on it

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Indonesian

Noun

sop

1. soup