- milk·sop
- /ˈmılkˌsɑːp/ noun, pl -sops [count]old-fashioned : a weak boy or man
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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milk|sop — «MIHLK SOP», noun. an unmanly fellow; coward: »He was no milksop; he rode, and shot, and fenced (Lytton Strachey). SYNONYM(S): mollycoddle. ╂[< milk + sop] … Useful english dictionary
milk|sop|ism — «MIHLK SOP ihz uhm», noun. the character of a milksop; effeminacy … Useful english dictionary
milk — milk; milk·en; milk·er; milk·i·ly; milk·i·ness; milk·less; milk·man; milk·ness; milk·sop; milk·sop·ping; milk·sop·py; pre·milk; … English syllables
sop — ae·sop; chry·sop·sis; clat·sop; cros·sop·te·ryg·ia; cros·sop·te·ryg·ii; glos·sop·a·thy; glos·sop·ter·is; hys·sop; me·sop·lo·don; milk·sop; milk·sop·ping; milk·sop·py; ne·os·sop·tile; phy·sop·o·da; phy·sop·sis; pro·sop·ic; sat·sop; SOP; sop·per;… … English syllables
sop — [säp] n. [ME soppe < OE sopp < base of supan: see SUP1] 1. a piece of food, as bread, soaked in milk, gravy, etc. 2. a) something given by way of concession or appeasement b) a bribe vt. sopped … English World dictionary
sop. — soprano. * * * abbrev Soprano * * * sop «sop», noun, verb, sopped, sop|ping. –n. 1. a piece of food dipped or soaked in milk, broth, or the like. 2. Figurative. something given to soothe or quiet; … Useful english dictionary
sop — [OE] The word sop originally denoted a ‘piece of bread, cake, etc dipped into water, milk, wine, or similar liquid’. The modern metaphorical meaning ‘something given to gain favour, bribe’ did not emerge until the mid 17th century, in allusion to … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
sop — [OE] The word sop originally denoted a ‘piece of bread, cake, etc dipped into water, milk, wine, or similar liquid’. The modern metaphorical meaning ‘something given to gain favour, bribe’ did not emerge until the mid 17th century, in allusion to … Word origins
sop — n. & v. n. 1 a piece of bread etc. dipped in gravy etc. 2 a thing given or done to pacify or bribe. v. (sopped, sopping) 1 intr. be drenched (came home sopping; sopping wet clothes). 2 tr. (foll. by up) absorb (liquid) in a towel etc. 3 tr. wet… … Useful english dictionary
SOP — n. & v. n. 1 a piece of bread etc. dipped in gravy etc. 2 a thing given or done to pacify or bribe. v. (sopped, sopping) 1 intr. be drenched (came home sopping; sopping wet clothes). 2 tr. (foll. by up) absorb (liquid) in a towel etc. 3 tr. wet… … Useful english dictionary
