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Definition of sopping - Reverso English Dictionary
Adverb
- The dog came in sopping after the rain.
Adjective
- The towel was sopping after the spill..
Expressions with sopping
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extremely wet, often dripping with water
My clothes are sopping wet after the rain.
Origin of sopping
Middle English, soppe (soaked)
Examples of sopping in a sentence
The clothes were sopping from the washing machine leak. His clothes were sopping after the rainstorm. The ground was sopping from the heavy rain.
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- French:complètement mouillé, trempé, ...
- German:klatschnass, triefend nass, ...
- Italian:fradicio, ...
- Spanish:mojadamente, mojado, ...
- Portuguese:ensopado, encharcado, ...
- Chinese:湿漉漉地, 湿透的, ...
- Japanese:びしょ濡れで, びしょ濡れ, ...
- Arabic:مُبْتَلٍّ لِلْغايَةِ, مُتَشَبِّع, ...
- Hebrew:רָטוֹב לְגַמְרֵי, סָפוּג, ...
- Russian:промокшая насквозь, промокший, ...
- Ukrainian:мокрий, ...
- Hindi:भीगा हुआ, तरबतर, ...
Definition of sop - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
appeasementsomething given to appease
- The concession was a sop to the critics..
2.
foodDated piece of food soaked in liquidDated
- She dipped a sop of bread into her soup..
3.
weaknessDated US weak or ineffectual personDated US
- He was considered a sop by his peers.
4.
- She was the lead sop in the choir.
5.
gamesRare UK piece of turf used in road bowlingRare UK
- He aimed at the sop during the game.
Verb
1.
figurativetr. give a gift or bribe to pacifytr.
- He tried to sop the angry customer with a discount.
2.
cookingtr. Dated dip or soak something in liquidtr. Dated
- She sopped the bread in the soup.
3.
soakingintr. Dated UK become thoroughly soaked with liquidintr. Dated UK
- The sponge sopped up the spilled milk.
Images of sop
piece of food soaked in liquid 
piece of turf used in road bowling
Expressions with sop
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absorb liquid using a sponge or cloth
She used a towel to sop up the spilled juice.
said when a token gift just tries to calm anger
That's only a sop to keep voters quiet.
offer a small gift to appease someone
He tried to give a sop to the angry customer.
Origin of sop
Old English, soppa (bread soaked in liquid)
Examples of sop in a sentence
He offered a sop to calm the angry crowd. He savored the sop of cake soaked in milk. A sop of bread was all he had for dinner. In negotiations, he was often seen as a sop, easily swayed. Her reputation as a sop made her an easy target for manipulation. The sop hit the high notes perfectly.
As a sop, she was in high demand for performances. The sop landed perfectly on the target. Players searched for the sop in the grass. The company tried to sop the regulators with donations. He attempted to sop his way out of trouble with gifts. He sopped the cake with coffee for dessert. The chef sopped the meat in marinade overnight. The bread will sop in the gravy if left too long. The cloth began to sop after the pipe burst.
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- French:concession, amadouer, ...
- German:Zugeständnis, besänftigen, ...
- Italian:concessione, placare, ...
- Spanish:soborno, sobornar, ...
- Portuguese:concessão, aplacar, ...
- Chinese:安慰品, 贿赂, ...
- Japanese:譲歩, なだめる, ...
- Arabic:تَرْضِيَة, رَشَّى, ...
- Hebrew:פִּצוּי, לְהַרְגִּיעַ עַל יְדֵי מַתָּנָה, ...
- Russian:уступка, успокаивать, ...
- Ukrainian:подачка, задобрювати, ...
- Hindi:रिआयत, शांत करना, ...
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