sop

English

/sɒp/

noun
Definitions
  • Something entirely soaked.
  • A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
  • Something given or done to pacify or bribe.
  • A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person; a milksop
  • (Appalachian) Gravy.
  • (obsolete) A thing of little or no value.
  • A piece of turf placed in the road as a target for a throw in road bowling.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sop inherited from Old English sopa (sopped bread) inherited from Proto-Germanic *supô (soup, broth).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*supô

Gloss

soup, broth

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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