SOP


Meaning of SOP in English

I. noun

1.

Synonyms: weakling , doormat, invertebrate, jellyfish, milksop, Milquetoast, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, pantywaist, sissy

2.

a conciliatory or propitiatory gift or advance

provided the $400 raise as a sop

the new office was a sop to his wounded feelings

Synonyms: sugarplum

Related Word: douceur, gratuity; ||baksheesh, ||boodle, bribe, ||palm oil

Idioms: sop in the pan, sop to Cerberus

II. verb

1.

Synonyms: wet , deluge, douse, drench, drown, soak, souse

2.

Synonyms: soak 1, drench, impregnate, saturate, seethe, sodden, ||sog, souse, steep, waterlog

3.

Synonyms: bribe , buy, buy off, fix, have, ||lubricate, square, tamper (with)

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