sops

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.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sops - piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid sop bite, morsel, bit - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"