Sop

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sop \Sop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Sopping}.]
     To steep or dip in any liquid.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have
              dipped it.                            --John xiii.
                                                    26.
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              Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine
              itself.                               --Bacon.
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              The bounded waters
              Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores,
              And make a sop of all this solid globe. --Shak.
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     2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given
        to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
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              All nature is cured with a sop.       --L'Estrange.
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     3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
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     {Sops in wine} (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink,
        alluding to its having been used to flavor wine.
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              Garlands of roses and sops in wine.   --Spenser.
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     {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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sop
       n 1: piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid [syn: {sops}]
       2: a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a
          sop to my feelings"
       3: 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}, {standard
          procedure}]
       v 1: give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
       2: be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
          [syn: {soak through}]
       3: dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
       4: mop so as to leave a semi-dry surface; "swab the floors"
       5: become thoroughly soaked or saturated with liquid
       6: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
          face" [syn: {drench}, {douse}, {dowse}, {soak}, {souse}]
       [also: {sopping}, {sopped}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "sop":
     Milquetoast, 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, 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
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SOP
       Standard Operating Procedure
       
       

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [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.)