1. A cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
   "She lathered up with fragrant lavender soap"
    
2. [informal] A serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television (frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap products)
   "She never missed an episode of her favourite soap opera";
   - soap opera, sudser [N. Amer, informal]
    
3. [N. Amer, informal] Money offered as a bribe
   "The corrupt official expected some soap to expedite the permit process"
    
4. [slang] Street name for gamma hydroxybutyrate
   "The police warned about the dangers of soap";
   - scoop [slang], max [slang], liquid ecstasy [slang], goop [N. Amer, slang], Georgia home boy [slang], easy lay [slang], thick [slang], gloop [Brit, Cdn, slang]

1. Rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
   "She soaped her hands thoroughly before rinsing";
   - lather
    
2. [informal] Persuade someone through flattery
   "He soft-soaped his boss into giving him a raise";
   - soft-soap [informal]

Derived forms: soaps, soaped, soaping

Type of: backhander [Brit, informal], blandish, blarney, bribe, bung [Brit, informal], cajole, clean, cleaner, cleanse, cleanser, cleansing agent, coax, flatter, gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB, inveigle, kickback [informal], palaver [informal, rare], payoff, serial, series, sweet-talk [informal], wheedle

Encyclopedia: Soap, Martin