sopping

sop·ping

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sop-ing]
- /ˈsɒp ɪŋ/
- /ˈsɒp.ɪŋ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sop-ing]
- /ˈsɒp ɪŋ/

Definitions of sopping word

adjective sopping soaked; drenched: Her clothes were sopping from the rain. 1
noun sopping a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food. 1
noun sopping anything thoroughly soaked. 1
noun sopping something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe: The political boss gave him some cash as a sop. 1
noun sopping a weak-willed or spineless person; milksop. 1
verb with object sopping to dip or soak in liquid food: to sop bread in gravy. 1

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Origin of sopping

First appearance:

before 1525

One of the 28% oldest English words

First recorded in 1525-35; sop + -ing2

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Parts of speech for Sopping

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sopping

sopping popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for sopping

adj sopping

aqueous — In chemistry, an aqueous solution or cream has water as its base.
damp — Something that is damp is slightly wet.
dewy — Something that is dewy is wet with dew.
drizzly — to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle: It drizzled throughout the night.
irriguous — well-watered, as land.

adjective sopping

awash — If the ground or a floor is awash, it is covered in water, often because of heavy rain or as the result of an accident.
drenched — to wet thoroughly; soak.
dripping — an act of dripping.
waterlogged — so filled or flooded with water as to be heavy or unmanageable, as a ship.
wet — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.

All 11 Synonyms of sopping