■ noun
1》 a thing given or done to appease or bribe someone.
2》 a piece of bread dipped in gravy, soup, or sauce.
■ verb ( ~s , ~ping , ~ped ) ( ~ something up ) soak up liquid.
↘ archaic soak.
Origin
OE ~pian 'dip bread in liquid', ~p (n.), prob. from the base of OE sūpan 'sup'.