Transcription
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- [sop uhp]
- /sɒp ʌp/
- /sɒp ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sop uhp]
- /sɒp ʌp/
Definitions of sop up words
- noun sop up a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food. 1
- noun sop up anything thoroughly soaked. 1
- noun sop up something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe: The political boss gave him some cash as a sop. 1
- noun sop up a weak-willed or spineless person; milksop. 1
- verb with object sop up to dip or soak in liquid food: to sop bread in gravy. 1
- verb with object sop up to drench. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of sop up
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English sopp; cognate with Old Norse soppa; (v.) Old English soppian, derivative of the noun (not recorded in ME). See sup2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sop up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sop up popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".