| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  s p |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: 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. | | NOUN: | 1. A piece of food soaked or dipped in a liquid. 2a. Something yielded to placate or soothe. b. A bribe. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Middle English soppe, bread dipped in liquid, from Old English sopp-, in soppcuppe, cup for dipping bread in. See seu -2 in Appendix I.
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