sop

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Something entirely soaked.
2. (countable, uncountable) A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, figuratively, uncountable) Ellipsis of sop to Cerberus, something given or done to pacify or bribe.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, derogatory, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of milksop, a weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.
5. (Appalachia, countable, uncountable) Gravy.
6. (countable, uncountable) A thing of little or no value.
7. (countable, uncountable) A piece of turf placed in the road as a target for a throw in road bowling.

Verb

1. (transitive) To steep or dip in any liquid.
2. (intransitive) To soak in, or be soaked; to percolate.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɒp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sop

Inherited from Old English: sopa

Cognate with Dutch: sop

Cognate with Old High German: sopfa

In summary

From Middle English sop, soppe, sope, from Old English sopa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Dutch sop, Old High German sopfa), deverbative of *sūpaną (“to sup”). Doublet of soup; more at sup.

Synonyms

soak

douse

souse

bribe

drench

steep

dowse

soak through

duck

🦆

immerse

wet

sops

dive

drenched

dunk

erase

gift

🎁

gravy

humidify

imbrue

infuse

kickback

lure

macerate

milksop

moisturise

palliative

payoff

pay off

payola

plunge

puddle

ret

saturate

sippet

submerge

submerse

suborn

tip

wash

🧽

kick back

water

🚰

absorbent

grease one’s palms

bait

baptise

baptize

charity

christen

corrupt

Translations

tremper

mojar

sopa

🍲

eintunken

empapar

banmak

ıslanmak

pezzo di pane

mouiller

inzuppare

éponger

🧽

soppen

mullar

calar

tirit