Sopping — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɑːpɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɒpɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɒpɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈɑːpɪŋ/.

Examples

sop bread into the sauce
souse water on his hot face
dripping wet

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sop douse dowse souse soaking soak through drench soak dripping

Parts of Speech

verb	give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
verb	be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
verb	dip into liquid “sop bread into the sauce”
verb	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto “souse water on his hot face”
adverb	extremely wet “dripping wet”

Word Forms

sop	noun	a concession given to mollify or placate
soaker	noun	a heavy rain
soaking	noun	the act of making something completely wet
souse	noun	the act of making something completely wet
sousing	noun	the act of making something completely wet

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

triefend

ein versöhnliches Geschenk oder eine Bestechung machen

🇫🇷French

détrempé

offrir un cadeau de conciliation ou un pot-de-vin à

🇪🇸Spanish

empapado

dar un regalo conciliador o un soborno a

🇮🇹Italian

fradicio

fare un regalo o una tangente conciliante

🇳🇱Dutch

soppend

een verzoenend geschenk of steekpenning geven

🇵🇹Portuguese

encharcado

dar um presente conciliatório ou subornar

🇷🇺Russian

мокрый

подарить примирительный подарок или дать взятку

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तर

सुलह योग्य उपहार या रिश्वत देना

🇧🇩Bengali

সপিং

একটি সমঝোতামূলক উপহার বা ঘুষ দিন

🇮🇳Tamil

சொப்பிங்

ஒரு சமரச பரிசு அல்லது லஞ்சம் கொடுக்க

🇮🇳Telugu

సోపింగ్

సామరస్యపూర్వక బహుమతిని ఇవ్వండి లేదా లంచం ఇవ్వండి

🇮🇳Marathi

सोपिंग

एक सलोखा भेट किंवा लाच द्या

🇮🇳Gujarati

સોપિંગ

સમાધાનકારી ભેટ અથવા લાંચ આપો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೋಪಿಂಗ್

ಸಮಾಧಾನಕರ ಉಡುಗೊರೆಯನ್ನು ನೀಡಿ ಅಥವಾ ಲಂಚ ನೀಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സോപ്പിംഗ്

ഒരു അനുരഞ്ജന സമ്മാനം നൽകുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കൈക്കൂലി നൽകുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੋਪਿੰਗ

ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਸੁਲ੍ਹਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਤੋਹਫ਼ਾ ਜਾਂ ਰਿਸ਼ਵਤ ਦਿਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

سوپنگ

کو مصالحتی تحفہ یا رشوت دینا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

湿透的

给予和解礼物或贿赂

🇯🇵Japanese

ずぶぬれ

～に懐柔的な贈り物や賄賂を与える

🇰🇷Korean

흠뻑 젖은

화해의 선물이나 뇌물을 주다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ướt đẫm

tặng quà hòa giải hoặc hối lộ cho

🇹🇭Thai

ซับ

ให้ของขวัญประนีประนอมหรือสินบนแก่

🇮🇩Indonesian

basah kuyup

memberikan hadiah perdamaian atau suap kepada

🇵🇭Filipino

humihikbi

magbigay ng isang pampalubag-loob na regalo o suhol sa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التغميس

إعطاء هدية تصالحية أو رشوة ل

🇮🇷Persian

خیس کردن

هدیه سازش یا رشوه دادن به

🇹🇷Turkish

sırılsıklam

uzlaştırıcı bir hediye veya rüşvet vermek

🇮🇱Hebrew

ספוג

לתת מתנה מפשרת או שוחד

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The primary meaning of 'sopping' is 'give a conciliatory gift or bribe to'.

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