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Sops

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Noun

1. sop, sops

piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

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Sops

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noun
1. (often plural)
food soaked in a liquid before being eaten
2. 
a concession, bribe, etc, given to placate or mollify
a sop to one's feelings
3. informal
a foolish or weak person
verbWord forms: sops, sopping or sopped
4. (transitive)
to dip or soak (food) in liquid
5. (when intr, often foll by in)
to soak or be soaked
abbreviation for
standard operating procedure
abbreviation for
soprano

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Sops

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standard operating procedure
noun
1. 
a piece of food, as bread, soaked in milk, gravy, etc.
2. 
a. 
something given by way of concession or appeasement
b. 
a bribe
verb transitiveWord forms: sopped or ˈsopping
3. 
to soak, steep, or saturate in or with liquid
4. 
to take up (liquid) by absorption
usually with up
verb intransitive
5. 
to soak (in, into, or through something)
6. 
to be or become thoroughly wet

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Sops

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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: remarks that were a sop to conservative voters.
b. A bribe.

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