sop

UK: /ˈsɒp/ US: /sɑp/ ,(sop)

Inflections of 'sop' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

sops

v 3rd person singular

sopping

v pres p

sopped

v past

sopped

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

sop /sɑp/   n., v., sopped, sop•ping. 
n. [countable]

1. a piece of solid food, such as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
2. something, esp. a worthless thing, offered or done to keep another satisfied:
   He was offered a low-paying job as a sop for the humiliation he had suffered.

v. [~ + object]

3. to dip in liquid food:
   to sop bread in gravy.
4. to drench:
   I was sopped by that sudden rain.
5. to take up (liquid) by absorption: [~ + up + object]
   I sopped up the gravy.
   [~ + object + up]
   I sopped the gravy up with my bread.

See sopping.
SOP,  an abbreviation of:

1. Standard Operating Procedure;
   Standing Operating Procedure.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

sop (sop),  n., v., sopped, sop•ping. 

n. 

1. a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
2. anything thoroughly soaked.
3. something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe:
   The political boss gave him some cash as a sop.
4. a weak-willed or spineless person;
   milksop.

v.t. 

5. to dip or soak in liquid food:
   to sop bread in gravy.
6. to drench.
7. to take up (liquid) by absorption (usually fol. by up):
   He used bread to sop up the gravy.

v.i. 

8. to be or become soaking wet.
9. (of a liquid) to soak (usually fol. by in).

• bef. 1000; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English sopp; cognate with Old Norse soppa; (verb, verbal) Old English soppian, derivative of the noun, nominal (not recorded in Middle English). See sup²

Synonyms

• 3. tip, gratuity, payoff.

SOP, 

1. Standard Operating Procedure;
   Standing Operating Procedure.

Also, S.O.P. 
sop., 

1. soprano.

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sop / sɒp/ noun

1. (often plural) food soaked in a liquid before being eaten
2. a concession, bribe, etc, given to placate or mollify: a sop to one's feelings
3. a foolish or weak person

verb (sops, sopping, sopped)

1. (transitive) to dip or soak (food) in liquid
2. when intr, often followed by in: to soak or be soaked

Etymology: Old English sopp; related to Old Norse soppa soup, Old High German sopfa milk with bread; see sup²

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SOP abbreviation

1. standard operating procedure

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sop. abbreviation

1. soprano