Sop \Sop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sopped; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Sopping.]
   To steep or dip in any liquid.
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	Sop \Sop\, n. [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s?pan to sup, to sip,
   to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See
   Sup, v. t., and cf. Soup.]
   1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid;
      especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and
      intended to be eaten.
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            He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have
            dipped it.                            --John xiii.
                                                  26.
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            Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine
            itself.                               --Bacon.
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            The bounded waters
            Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores,
            And make a sop of all this solid globe. --Shak.
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   2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given
      to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
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            All nature is cured with a sop.       --L'Estrange.
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   3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
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   Sops in wine (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink,
      alluding to its having been used to flavor wine.
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            Garlands of roses and sops in wine.   --Spenser.
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   Sops of wine (Bot.), an old European variety of apple, of a
      yellow and red color, shading to deep red; -- called also
      sopsavine, and red shropsavine.
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	sop
     n 1: piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid [syn: sops]
     2: a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a
        sop to my feelings"
     3: a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely; "rote
        memorization has been the educator's standard operating
        procedure for centuries" [syn: standing operating
        procedure, standard operating procedure, standard
        procedure]
     v 1: give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
     2: be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
        [syn: soak through]
     3: dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
     4: mop so as to leave a semi-dry surface; "swab the floors"
     5: become thoroughly soaked or saturated with liquid
     6: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
        face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, souse]
     [also: sopping, sopped]

	

	94 Moby Thesaurus words for "sop":
   Milquetoast, ass, baby, baksheesh, bathe, big baby, boodle,
   born fool, brew, bribe, bribe money, buffoon, buy, buy off,
   chicken, clown, crybaby, deluge, doodle, doormat, douche, douse,
   drench, drouk, drown, dull tool, egregious ass, figure of fun, fix,
   flush, fool, gratification, gratuity, gutless wonder, have,
   hush money, ignoramus, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate,
   infuse, inject, invertebrate, jackass, jellyfish, lave, leach,
   lightweight, lixiviate, lubricate, lunatic, macerate, meek soul,
   milksop, mollycoddle, mooncalf, namby-pamby, nebbish, nonentity,
   palm oil, pansy, pantywaist, payoff, payola, percolate,
   perfect fool, permeate, protection, pushover, rinse, sad sack,
   saturate, schmuck, seethe, sissy, soak, sodden, softhead, softling,
   softy, souse, square, steep, stupid ass, sugarplum, tamper with,
   tomfool, wash, waterlog, weak sister, weakling, wet, zany

	

	SOP
     Standard Operating Procedure

	

	Sop
   a morsel of bread (John 13:26; comp. Ruth 2:14). Our Lord took a
   piece of unleavened bread, and dipping it into the broth of
   bitter herbs at the Paschal meal, gave it to Judas. (Comp. Ruth
   2:14.)