<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.</li><li>Anything thoroughly soaked.</li><li>Something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe: The political boss gave him some cash as a sop.</li><li>Synonyms: payoff, gratuity, tip.</li><li>A weak-willed or spineless person; milksop.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>Sopped, sopping.</li><li>To dip or soak in liquid food: to sop bread in gravy.</li><li>To drench.</li><li>To take up (liquid) by absorption (usually followed by up): He used bread to sop up the gravy.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>Sopped, sopping.</li><li>To be or become soaking wet.</li><li>(Of a liquid) to soak (usually followed by in).</li></ul>