- completely soaked; wet throughAlso: sopping wet
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sop•ping /ˈsɑpɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- very wet;
drenched:My clothes were sopping after that rain.
sop•ping
(sop′ing),USA pronunciation adj.
- soaked;
drenched:Her clothes were sopping from the rain.
- sop + -ing2 1525–35
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sopping /ˈsɒpɪŋ/ adj
sop /sɑp/USA pronunciation
n., v., sopped, sop•ping.
n. [countable]
v. [~ + object]
SOP, an abbreviation of:
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026n. [countable]
- a piece of solid food, such as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- something, esp. a worthless thing, offered or done to keep another satisfied:He was offered a low-paying job as a sop for the humiliation he had suffered.
v. [~ + object]
- to dip in liquid food:to sop bread in gravy.
- to drench:I was sopped by that sudden rain.
- to take up (liquid) by absorption: [~ + up + object]I sopped up the gravy.[~ + object + up]I sopped the gravy up with my bread.
SOP, an abbreviation of:
- Standard Operating Procedure;
Standing Operating Procedure.
sop (sop),USA pronunciation
n., v., sopped, sop•ping.
n.
v.t.
v.i.
SOP,
sop.,
n.
- a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- anything thoroughly soaked.
- something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe:The political boss gave him some cash as a sop.
- a weak-willed or spineless person;
milksop.
v.t.
- to dip or soak in liquid food:to sop bread in gravy.
- to drench.
- to take up (liquid) by absorption (usually fol. by up):He used bread to sop up the gravy.
v.i.
- to be or become soaking wet.
- (of a liquid) to soak (usually fol. by in).
- bef. 1000; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English sopp; cognate with Old Norse soppa; (verb, verbal) Old English soppian, derivative of the noun, nominal (not recorded in Middle English). See sup2
- 3. tip, gratuity, payoff.
SOP,
- Standard Operating Procedure;
Standing Operating Procedure.
sop.,
- soprano.
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sop /sɒp/ n
- (often plural) food soaked in a liquid before being eaten
- a concession, bribe, etc, given to placate or mollify: a sop to one's feelings
- informal a foolish or weak person
- (transitive) to dip or soak (food) in liquid
- when intr, often followed by in: to soak or be soaked
'sopping' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):