sop
Dipped bread morsel
A sop is something dipped or soaked in liquid—originally bread soaked in broth, wine, or gravy.
By extension, a sop is something given to pacify or appease: The tax cut was a sop to angry voters.
To sop is to soak or absorb: He sopped up the gravy with bread.
Something sopping or sopping wet is thoroughly drenched.
Small piece of food
- crustHard outer layer
- chunkThick solid piece
- croutonToasted seasoned cube
- dunkBriefly submerge in liquid
gravy · broth · sauce · stew · drippings · soak · dip · soggy
Lessen someone's anger
- pacifyTo calm agitation
- mollifyReduce anger or distress
- conciliateCalm hostile feelings
- quietLacking in sound
calm · silence · gesture · token · offering · concession · bone · crumb
Illegal payment for services
- payoffCulminating benefit received
- sweetenerAdditive reducing bitterness
- inducementMotivating factor or offer
- backhanderSecret illicit payment
palm-greasing · graft · corruption · pacifier · buyoff · concession · appeasement · enticement
morsel
Small piece of food
dunk · gravy · broth · sauce · stew · drippings · soak · dip · soggy · soaked
placate
Lessen someone's anger
- pacifyTo calm agitation
- mollifyReduce anger or distress
- conciliateCalm hostile feelings
quiet · calm · silence · gesture · token · offering · concession · bone · crumb · palliative
kickback
Illegal payment for services
- payoffCulminating benefit received
- sweetenerAdditive reducing bitterness
- inducementMotivating factor or offer
backhander · palm-greasing · graft · corruption · pacifier · buyoff · concession · appeasement · enticement · favor
soaked
Thoroughly wet throughout
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
dripping · drenched · soggy · wringing · drowned · steeped · awash
- payoffsbribe, kickback, payoff, payola, baksheesh
- manualsuser manual, manual, handbook, product manual, service manual
- Depression foodbread pudding, cornbread, grits, meatloaf, oatmeal
sopdefiance
Open resistance to authority
rebuff · refusal · rejection · confrontation · resistance
- sopping wetSaturated with liquid
- sop upTake in liquid
- sopping upAbsorbing liquid completely
- sopped upCollected liquid by absorption