sop

¹

[ sop ]

noun

1. a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
2. anything thoroughly soaked.
3. something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe:

   The political boss gave him some cash as a sop.

   Synonyms: payoff, gratuity, tip

4. a weak-willed or spineless person; milksop.

verb (used with object)

, sopped, sop·ping.

1. to dip or soak in liquid food:

   to sop bread in gravy.

2. to drench.
3. to take up (liquid) by absorption (usually followed by up ):

   He used bread to sop up the gravy.

verb (used without object)

, sopped, sop·ping.

1. to be or become soaking wet.
2. (of a liquid) to soak (usually followed by in ).

SOP

²

or S.O.P.

abbreviation for

1. Standard Operating Procedure; Standing Operating Procedure.

sop.

³

abbreviation for

1. soprano.

sop

¹

/ sɒp /

noun

1. often plural food soaked in a liquid before being eaten
2. a concession, bribe, etc, given to placate or mollify

   a sop to one's feelings

3. informal.
   a stupid or weak person

verb

1. tr to dip or soak (food) in liquid
2. whenintr, often foll by in to soak or be soaked

sop.

²

abbreviation for

1. soprano

SOP

³

abbreviation for

1. standard operating procedure

Word History and Origins

Origin of sop¹

First recorded before 1000; (for the noun) Middle English; Old English sopp; cognate with Old Norse soppa; verb derivative of the noun; sup ³

Origin of sop²

First recorded in 1940–45

Word History and Origins

Origin of sop¹

Old English sopp; related to Old Norse soppa soup , Old High German sopfa milk with bread; see sup ²

Example Sentences

Former members of the SAS, the army's elite special forces regiment, have told Panorama that they believe the veto outlined in the SOP document represents a clear conflict of interest for UK Special Forces.

From BBC

Some processes do not need to be explained in great detail to be done properly, while others need the long-form SOP to make sure everything is done right.

From Encyclopedia.com

When I was a White House staffer, careful document retention was SOP, under the control of the staff secretary.

From Washington Post

“The general principles behind the SOP will help create a safe working environment for cast and crew in the industry,” Prakash Javadekar, India’s union minister for information and broadcasting said in a tweet.

From Reuters

She asked me what I hoped to achieve at SOP.

From The Verge