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All 4 letters words made out of soup

soup osup suop usop ousp uosp sopu ospu spou psou opsu posu supo uspo spuo psuo upso puso oups uops opus pous upos puos

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Definitions and meaning of soup

soup

Alternative forms

• soop (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /suːp/
• (US) enPR: so͞op, IPA^(key): /sup/
• Rhymes: -uːp

Etymology 1

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The noun is from Middle English soupe, sowpe, from Old French soupe, souppe, sope, from Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Middle Dutch sope (“broth”)). Doublet of zuppa. See also sop and supper.

The verb is from the noun.

Noun

soup (countable and uncountable, plural soups)

1. Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture.
   • c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11:

     Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […]

   1. (countable) A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl.
   2. (uncountable) The liquid part of such a dish; the broth.
2. (figuratively) Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
   1. (slang) Thick fog or cloud (also pea soup).
   2. (US, slang) Nitroglycerine or gelignite, especially when used for safe-cracking.
   3. (cant) Dope or cocaine.
   4. (photography) Processing chemicals into which film is dipped, such as developer.
   5. (biology) A liquid or gelatinous substrate, especially the mixture of organic compounds that is believed to have played a role in the origin of life on Earth.

   6. (UK, informal, often with "the") An unfortunate situation; trouble, problems (a fix, a mess); chaos.
   7. (surfing) The foamy portion of a wave.

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Derived terms

Related terms

• supper

Descendants

• → Tamil: சூப் (cūp)
• → Thai: ซุป (súp)

Translations

See also

• porridge
• stew

Verb

soup (third-person singular simple present soups, present participle souping, simple past and past participle souped)

1. (uncommon) To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.
2. (photography) To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution.
3. (obsolete) To proselytize by feeding the impoverished as long as they listen to one's preaching.

Etymology 2

From Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sup, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną. More at sup.

Verb

soup (third-person singular simple present soups, present participle souping, simple past and past participle souped)

1. Alternative form of sup (“to sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English soupe, from Old English sūpe (“sup; draught”).

Noun

soup (plural soups)

1. Alternative form of sup (“a sip; a small amount of food or drink”).

Etymology 4

From Middle English swopen, from Old English swāpan (“to sweep”), from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną (“to sweep”). More at sweep.

Alternative forms

• soop

Verb

soup (third-person singular simple present soups, present participle souping, simple past and past participle souped)

1. (obsolete) To sweep.

Etymology 5

From Middle English soupen, suppen, from Anglo-Norman super, from supe, soupe (“soup”) + -er (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

soup (third-person singular simple present soups, present participle souping, simple past and past participle souped)

1. Rare form of sup (“to take supper”).

References

Further reading

• Eric Partridge (2005) “soup”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volumes 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1820.
• Jonathon Green (2024) “soup n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Anagrams

• POUs, PUOs, Pous, opus, pous, puso