1. A concession given to mollify or placate
   "the offer was a sop to my feelings"
    
2. Pieces of solid food for dipping in a liquid
   "He used bread sops to soak up the remaining sauce on his plate";
   - sops

1. Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
   "The rain sopped his jacket";
   - soak through
    
2. Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
   "The rain sopped us completely";
   - drench, douse, dowse, soak, souse
    
3. Dip into liquid
   "sop bread into the sauce"
    
4. Give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
   "The company tried to sop the union leaders with promises of better benefits"

1. A prescribed procedure to be followed routinely
   "rote memorization has been the educator's SOP for centuries";
   - standing operating procedure, standard operating procedure, standard procedure

Derived forms: sops, sopped, sopping

Type of: bit, bite, bribe, buy, concession, corrupt, dip, douse, dunk, grease the palm of, morsel, ooze through, operating procedure, plunge, souse, wet

Encyclopedia: Sop