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soup
[ soop ]
noun
- a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- Slang. a thick fog.
- Slang. added power, especially horsepower.
- Slang. nitroglycerin.
- Photography Slang. developing solution.
verb phrase
- Slang.
- to improve the capacity for speed or increase the efficiency of (a motor or engine) by increasing the richness of the fuel mixture or the efficiency of the fuel, or by adjusting the engine.
- to give spirit or vivacity to; enliven:
a political rally souped up by the appearance of the candidates.
soup
/ suːp /
noun
- a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, vegetables, etc, usually served hot at the beginning of a meal
- informal.a photographic developer
- informal.anything resembling soup in appearance or consistency, esp thick fog See also peasouper
- a slang name for nitroglycerine
- in the soup informal.in trouble or difficulties
Other Words From
- soupless adjective
- souplike adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of soup1
Word History and Origins
Origin of soup1
Idioms and Phrases
- from soup to nuts,
- from the first through the last course of a meal.
- from beginning to end; to a complete, encompassing degree; leaving nothing out.
- in the soup, Informal. in trouble:
He'll be in the soup when the truth comes out.
More idioms and phrases containing soup
In addition to the idiom beginning with soup , also see duck soup ; from soup to nuts ; in the soup ; thick as thieves (pea soup) .Example Sentences
We have been lied to about what is and is not healthy, and there’s no hard evidence that putting a can of mushroom soup in your casserole every once in a while is going to result in serious physical harm.
The pandemic in many ways has already showcased the strength of the sector, with consumers stockpiling candy and chocolate along with their canned soup and peanut butter.
There’s no telling whether Davis, like Rapoport, will make regular appearances in test kitchen videos, but if she does, fans can expect to see her cooking up soup and fish, her two favorite types of dishes, according to her CNN interview.
Microorganisms chemically modify the metal, setting it free from the surrounding rock and allowing it to dissolve in a microbial soup, from which the metal can be isolated and purified.
If we had switched gravity off at the beginning of the universe, it would still be a big, boiling hot soup of fundamental particles.
There was also the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, and the cookie diet.
By nightfall, I had showered, eaten some soup that a friend brought me, and I slept in my room for 12 solid hours.
Once inside, he removes a cup of broccoli-cheddar soup from his bag and goes to heat it up.
Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing after Lossby Pat Schwiebert.
The shards of one can be used to cut someone (never mind the constant availability of soup-can tops).
She had forced herself to eat most of her soup, and now she was picking the flaky bits of a court bouillon with her fork.
"There were a good many," replied Edna, who was eating her soup with evident satisfaction.
Mr. Pontellier, who was observant about such things, noticed it, as he served the soup and handed it to the boy in waiting.
Had put on her Sunday gown, and had nothing to do now but hold up her head high, and sup her soup out of a silver spoon.
Meanwhile, the judicious establishment of free soup kitchens in the streets alleviated the necessities of the mob.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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