sop
1. sop \'sa:p\ n [ME soppe, fr. OE sopp; akin to OE su-pan to swallow - m]ore at SUP chiefly dial 1: a piece of food dipped or steeped in a liquid 2: a conciliatory or propitiatory bribe, gift, or advance 2. sop vt or sopped; or sop.ping 1a: to steep or dip in or as if in liquid 1b: to wet thoroughly : SOAK 2: to mop up (as water) 3: to give a bribe or conciliatory gift to