Adverb: sopping só-pingVerb: sop (sopped,sopping) sóp
- Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
"The rain sopped his jacket";
- soak through
- Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
"The rain sopped us completely";
- drench, douse, dowse, soak, souse
- Dip into liquid
"sop bread into the sauce"
- Give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
"The company tried to sop the union leaders with promises of better benefits"
Type of: bribe, buy, corrupt, dip, douse, dunk, grease the palm of, ooze through, plunge, souse, wet
Encyclopedia: Sop