n. & v.
--n.
1. a piece of bread etc. dipped in gravy etc.
2 a thing given or done to pacify or bribe.
--v. (sopped, sopping)
1. intr. be drenched (came home sopping; sopping wet clothes).
2 tr. (foll. by up) absorb (liquid) in a towel etc.
3 tr. wet thoroughly; soak.
Etymology: OE sopp, corresp. to MLG soppe, OHG sopfa bread and milk, prob. f. a weak grade of the base of OE supan: see SUP(1)