sopping
sop up
To absorb some liquid through dipping, wiping, or drenching. A noun or pronoun can be used between "sop" and "up." As rainwater poured into the basement, we grabbed every towel and sheet we could find to sop it all up. I love using my toast to sop up the runny yolk from my fried eggs.
See also: sop, up
sopping wet
Totally soaked, drenched, or covered in some liquid, especially water. Hyphenated if used before a noun. Quick, come in out of that rain before you get sopping wet! You want to dip the bread into the egg mixture until it is sopping wet, then quickly put it on the hot skillet. I got out of my sopping-wet clothes and wrapped up in a dry, fluffy towel.
See also: sopping, wet
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
sop something up
to mop or soak up a liquid. Use this rag to sop the spilled milk up. The rag will sop up the mess a little at a time.
See also: sop, up
sopping (wet)
intoxicated. He's soused—you know, sopping wet.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
sop up
v.
To take something up by absorption; absorb something: We sopped up the water with paper towels. I sopped the sauce up with a piece of bread.
See also: sop, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
sopping (wet)
and soppy mod. alcohol intoxicated. (see also wet.) After about six beers, Ralph found himself a little soppy.
See also: sopping, wet
sopping
verbSee sopping wet
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
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