Meaning

noun piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

noun a concession given to mollify or placate

noun a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely

originFrom Middle English sop, soppe, sope, from Old English sopa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Dutch sop, Old High German sopfa), deverbative of *sūpaną (“to sup”). Doublet of soup; more at sup.

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