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Sops

noun

Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid. Synonym: sop.

Sop

noun

Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid. Synonym: sops.

A concession given to mollify or placate.

A prescribed procedure to be followed routinely. Synonyms: standard operating procedure, standard procedure, standing operating procedure.

verb

(past & past part. sopped; pres. part. sopping)

Give a conciliatory gift or bribe to.

Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid. Synonym: soak through.

Dip into liquid.

Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto. Synonyms: douse, dowse, drench, soak, souse.

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"Sops" Quotes from Famous Books

... battle-signs, Ford. Kate's got ideals and prejudices—and she don't know all your little personal traits. She's heard a lot about you, of course. We was married right after we came outa the North, you know, and of course—Well, you know how a woman sops up adventure stories; and seeing you ...

— The Uphill Climb • B. M. Bower

... glass to sup aat on. "Cannot yo let me have a cleean glass, maister?" aw axed. "That's clean," he says, "for aw bowt it aboon twelve months sin, an'it's niver been used for owt but pop." Aw emptied th' bottle into it, an it lukk'd ommost like milk sops. "What do yo call all thease things at's swimmin' abaat?" aw says. "O, that's yeast, young man; it's a varry gooid thing for ther inside; aw'd a doctor once call'd for a bottle, an' he wodn't let me tak a bit aat: it does fowk gooid." "Well but wodn't he let yo tak some ...

— Yorkshire Ditties, First Series - To Which Is Added The Cream Of Wit And Humour From His Popular Writings • John Hartley