Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sop"
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 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 WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) (wn)
sop
n 1: piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid [syn: {sop},
{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}, {SOP}, {standard
procedure}]
v 1: give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
2: be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
[syn: {sop}, {soak through}]
3: dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
4: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
face" [syn: {drench}, {douse}, {dowse}, {soak}, {sop},
{souse}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 (moby-thesaurus)
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 V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) (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.)
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