Definitions for SOPsɒp

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sopsɒp(n.; v.)sopped, sop•ping.

(n.)a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
something offered to conciliate, pacify, or bribe.
(v.t.)to dip or soak in liquid food:
to sop bread in gravy.
to drench.
to take up (liquid) by absorption.

Origin of sop:

bef. 1000; ME (n.); OE sopp; akin to sup2

Princeton's WordNet

sop, sops(noun)
piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
sop(noun)
a concession given to mollify or placate
"the offer was a sop to my feelings"
standing operating procedure, standard operating procedure, SOP, standard procedure(verb)
a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely
"rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries"
sop(verb)
give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
sop, soak through(verb)
be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
sop(verb)
dip into liquid
"sop bread into the sauce"
drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse(verb)
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
"souse water on his hot face"

Wiktionary

sop(Noun)
Something entirely soaked.
sop(Noun)
A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
sop(Noun)
Something given or done to pacify or bribe.
sop(Noun)
A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person; a milksop
sop(Noun)
Gravy.
sop(Verb)
To steep or dip in any liquid.

Origin: soppe, from sopp 'sopped bread', from *sauppa (compare Dutch sop, Old High German sopfa), deverbative of *sūpanan 'to sup'. More at sup; compare soup.

Webster Dictionary

Sop(verb)
anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten
Sop(verb)
anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology
Sop(verb)
a thing of little or no value
Sop(verb)
to steep or dip in any liquid