Sop (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
  2. anything thoroughly soaked.
  3. something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe: The political boss gave him some cash as a sop.
  4. a weak-willed or spineless person; milksop.
verb (used with object), sopped, sop·ping.
  1. to dip or soak in liquid food: to sop bread in gravy.
  2. to drench.
  3. to take up (liquid) by absorption (usually followed by up): He used bread to sop up the gravy.
verb (used without object), sopped, sop·ping.
  1. to be or become soaking wet.
  2. (of a liquid) to soak (usually followed by in).
abbreviation
  1. Standard Operating Procedure; Standing Operating Procedure.
abbreviation
  1. soprano.
noun
  1. food soaked in a liquid before being eaten
  2. a concession, bribe, etc, given to placate or mollify
  3. a stupid or weak person
verb sops, sopping or sopped
  1. to dip or soak (food) in liquid
  2. to soak or be soaked
abbreviation for
  1. standard operating procedure
abbreviation for
  1. soprano
Sop (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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