1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten. 'He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it.' (John xiii. 26) 'Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself.' (Bacon) 'The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shor... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973