tr.v. sopped, sop·ping, sops 1. To dip, soak, or drench in a liquid; saturate. 2. To take up by absorption: sop up water with a paper towel. n. 1. A piece of food soaked or dipped in a liquid. 2. a. Something yielded to placate or soothe: remarks that were a sop to conservative voters. b. A bribe. [From Middle English soppe, bread dipped in liquid, from Old English sopp- (in soppcuppe, cup for dipping bread in); see seuə-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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