SOP

SOP

abbr.

standard operating procedure

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sop  (sp)

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.

b. A bribe.

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[From Middle English soppe, bread dipped in liquid, from Old English sopp- (in soppcuppe, cup for dipping bread in); see seu-² in Indo-European roots.]

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sop [sɒp]

n

1. (Cookery) (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

vb sops, sopping, sopped

1. (Cookery) (tr) to dip or soak (food) in liquid

2. (when intr, often foll by in) to soak or be soaked See also sop up

[Old English sopp; related to Old Norse soppa soup, Old High German sopfa milk with bread; see sup²]

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SOP

abbreviation for

standard operating procedure

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sop - piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid sops bite, morsel, bit - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
	2.	sop - a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings" concession - a point conceded or yielded; "they won all the concessions they asked for"
	3.	SOP - a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely; "rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries" standard operating procedure, standard procedure, standing operating procedure operating procedure - a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation lockstep - a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly; "the union's support had been in lockstep for years"
Verb	1.	sop - give a conciliatory gift or bribe to bribe, grease one's palms, buy, corrupt - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
	2.	sop - be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid soak through ooze through - run slowly and gradually; "Blood oozed through the bandage"
	3.	sop - dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce" dip, dunk, souse, douse, plunge - immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
	4.	sop - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" souse, soak, dowse, drench, douse wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face" brine - soak in brine bedraggle, draggle - make wet and dirty, as from rain bate - soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins" ret - place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue sluice, flush - irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"

Translations

sop [sɒp] N

1. (fig) (= pacifier) → compensación f
as a sop to his pride → para que su orgullo no quedara/quede herido

2. sops (= food) → sopa fsing

3. (= person) → bobo/a m/f

sop up VT + ADV → absorber

sop [ˈsɒp] n → os m à ronger
that's only a sop → ce n'est qu'un os à ronger
a sop to sb → un os à ronger offert à qn

sop

n

(= food) → eingetunktes Brotstück

(to pacify) → Beschwichtigungsmittel nt; they’re just offering you that as a sop to keep you quiet → die bieten euch das nur an, damit ihr ruhig bleibt; as a sop to his conscience → als Trostpflaster für sein (schlechtes) Gewissen

sop [sɒp] n

a. (concession) that's only a sop → è soltanto un contentino
to give sb a sop → dare il contentino a qn
as a sop to his pride → per lusingare il suo amor proprio

b. sops npl (food) → pappette fpl

sop up vt + adv (fam) → assorbire, bere

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sop [sɒp] n

a. (concession) that's only a sop → è soltanto un contentino
to give sb a sop → dare il contentino a qn
as a sop to his pride → per lusingare il suo amor proprio

b. sops npl (food) → pappette fpl

sop up vt + adv (fam) → assorbire, bere