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Added 9 October 2026

sop

/sɒp/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about sop at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
A concession given to mollify or placate.
the offer was a sop to my feelings
A prescribed procedure to be followed routinely.
rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries

verb

Give a conciliatory gift or bribe to.
Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid.
Dip into liquid.
sop bread into the sauce

Origin

From Middle English sop, soppe, sope, from Old English sopa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Dutch sop, Old High German sopfa), deverbative of *sūpaną (“to sup”). Doublet of soup; more at sup.

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