sop
sop
- n piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
- n a concession given to mollify or placate
the offer was a sop to my feelings - n a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely
- v give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
- v be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
- v dip into liquid
sop bread into the sauce - v cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- Observers have expressed concern that such decisions are a sop to retrograde social forces that oppose liberalization and have the support of the generally conservative Ukrainians.
- Robinson moans at the end of Little Ceasar as surprised as we are by a death that may be tragically ordained, but is also a sop to conventional morality.
- Neck adornments have been worn since ancient times to signify title or wealth or even just to sop up sweat.