'SOP' definitions:
Definition of 'sop'
(from WordNet)
noun
Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid [syn: sop, sops]
noun
A concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings"
noun
A prescribed procedure to be followed routinely; "rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries" [syn: standing operating procedure, standard operating procedure, SOP, standard procedure]
verb
Give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
verb
Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid [syn: sop, soak through]
verb
Dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
verb
Definition of 'Sop'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Sop'
From: GCIDE
- Sop \Sop\, n. [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s?pan to sup, to sip, to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See Sup, v. t., and cf. Soup.]
- 1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten. [1913 Webster]
- He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. --John xiii. 26. [1913 Webster]
- Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology. [1913 Webster]
- All nature is cured with a sop. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.] --P. Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- Sops in wine (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been used to flavor wine. [1913 Webster]
- Garlands of roses and sops in wine. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Sops of wine (Bot.), an old European variety of apple, of a yellow and red color, shading to deep red; -- called also sopsavine, and red shropsavine. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'sop'
From: Easton
- Sop a morsel of bread (John 13:26; comp. Ruth 2:14). Our Lord took a piece of unleavened bread, and dipping it into the broth of bitter herbs at the Paschal meal, gave it to Judas. (Comp. Ruth 2:14.)
Synonyms of 'sop'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ass,
- baby,
- baksheesh,
- bathe,
- big baby,
- boodle,
- born fool,
- brew,
- bribe,
- bribe money,
- buffoon,
- buy,
- buy off,
- chicken,
- clown,
- crybaby,
- deluge,
- doodle,
- doormat,
- douche,
- douse,
- drench,
- drouk,
- drown,
- dull tool,
- egregious ass,
- figure of fun,
- fix,
- flush,
- fool,
- gratification,
- gratuity,
- gutless wonder,
- have,
- hush money,
- ignoramus,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- impregnate,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- inject,
- invertebrate,
- jackass,
- jellyfish,
- lave,
- leach,
- lightweight,
- lixiviate,
- lubricate,
- lunatic,
- macerate,
- meek soul,
- milksop,
- Milquetoast,
- mollycoddle,
- mooncalf,
- namby-pamby,
- nebbish,
- nonentity,
- palm oil,
- pansy,
- pantywaist,
- payoff,
- payola,
- percolate,
- perfect fool,
- permeate,
- protection,
- pushover,
- rinse,
- sad sack,
- saturate,
- schmuck,
- seethe,
- sissy,
- soak,
- sodden,
- softhead,
- softling,
- softy,
- souse,
- square,
- steep,
- stupid ass,
- sugarplum,
- tamper with,
- tomfool,
- wash,
- waterlog,
- weak sister,
- weakling,
- wet,
- zany
Acronyms for 'sop'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Standard Operating Procedure