Soap (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
  2. any metallic salt of an acid derived from a fat.
  3. money, especially as used for bribery in politics.
  4. soap opera.
verb (used with object)
  1. to rub, cover, lather, or treat with soap.
Idioms
  1. no go: He wanted me to vote for him, but I told him no soap.
noun
  1. a cleaning or emulsifying agent made by reacting animal or vegetable fats or oils with potassium or sodium hydroxide. Soaps often contain colouring matter and perfume and act by emulsifying grease and lowering the surface tension of water, so that it more readily penetrates open materials such as textiles
  2. any metallic salt of a fatty acid, such as palmitic or stearic acid
  3. flattery or persuasive talk (esp in the phrase soft soap)
  4. informal short for soap opera
  5. money, esp for bribery
  6. not possible or successful
verb
  1. to apply soap to
  2. (tr often foll by up) slang
    • to flatter or talk persuasively to
    • to bribe
    Soap (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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