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Soap

//soʊp// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of Simple Object Access Protocol, a standard Internet protocol for exchanging structured information in a distributed environment. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

    "The specified system will use SOAP for message exchange."

Noun
  1. 1
    A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    thiopental (sodium pentothal) slang, uncountable

    "'Time? Doesn't have much meaning when they're trying to dry you out. I rather think they gave me a shot of soap at one point.' Soap is intelligence speak for sodium pentathol."

  3. 3
    Acronym of subjective, objective, assessment, and plan. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  4. 4
    a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats wordnet
  5. 5
    Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning. broadly, countable, informal, uncountable

    "I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away."

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  1. 6
    street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate wordnet
  2. 7
    Money, specially when used as a bribe. countable, slang, uncountable
  3. 8
    money offered as a bribe wordnet
  4. 9
    A soap opera. countable, informal
  5. 10
    A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions. countable
Verb
  1. 1
    To apply soap to in washing. transitive

    "Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing."

  2. 2
    rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning wordnet
  3. 3
    To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank. informal, transitive

    "Those kids soaped my windows!"

  4. 4
    To be discreet about (a topic). informal, transitive
  5. 5
    To flatter; to wheedle. dated, slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”). Cognate with Scots saip, sape (“soap”), Saterland Frisian Seepe (“soap”), West Frisian sjippe (“soap”), Dutch zeep (“soap”), German Low German Seep (“soap”), German Seife (“soap”), Danish sæbe (“soap”), Swedish såpa (“soap”), Norwegian Bokmål såpe (“soap”), Norwegian Nynorsk såpe (“soap”), Faroese sápa (“soap”), Icelandic sápa (“soap”), Finnish saippua (“soap”), Finnish suopa (“soft soap”). Related also to Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin sēbum (“tallow, fat, grease”). See seep. Latin sāpō (“soap”) is a borrowing from the Germanic.

Etymology 2

From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”). Cognate with Scots saip, sape (“soap”), Saterland Frisian Seepe (“soap”), West Frisian sjippe (“soap”), Dutch zeep (“soap”), German Low German Seep (“soap”), German Seife (“soap”), Danish sæbe (“soap”), Swedish såpa (“soap”), Norwegian Bokmål såpe (“soap”), Norwegian Nynorsk såpe (“soap”), Faroese sápa (“soap”), Icelandic sápa (“soap”), Finnish saippua (“soap”), Finnish suopa (“soft soap”). Related also to Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin sēbum (“tallow, fat, grease”). See seep. Latin sāpō (“soap”) is a borrowing from the Germanic.

Etymology 3

Probably an abbreviation of sodium pentothal.

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