sop meaning

UK US /sɑp/ 1 syllable

sop (verb): give a conciliatory gift or bribe to.

sop has 7 meanings in this dictionary, as verb and noun.

sop as a verb

  1. give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

    Type of: bribe

  2. be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid

    Synonyms: soak through

    Type of: ooze through

  3. dip into liquid
    • sop bread into the sauce

    Type of: dunk

  4. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
    • souse water on his hot face

    Synonyms: drench, douse, dowse, soak, souse

    Type of: wet

    Kinds: brine, bedraggle, bate, ret, sluice

sop as a noun

  1. piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

    Synonyms: sops

    Type of: morsel

  2. a concession given to mollify or placate
    • the offer was a sop to my feelings

    Type of: concession

  3. a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely
    • rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries

    Synonyms: standing operating procedure, standard operating procedure, standard procedure

    Type of: operating procedure

    Kinds: lockstep

How to pronounce sop

sop is pronounced /sɑp/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with sop

Word lists: words starting with SO · words ending in OP · 3-letter words

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