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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024soup /sup/USA pronunciation n. - Fooda liquid food made by simmering vegetables, seasonings, and often meat or fish: [uncountable]a bowl of hot chicken soup.[countable]The restaurant offers three soups today.
- Slang Terms[uncountable]a thick fog.
v. - Slang Terms soup up:
- Automotiveto increase the power or top speed of (an engine, vehicle, or machine): [~ + up + object]to soup up a computer.[~ + object + up]to soup it up by adding some new computer chips.
Idioms[uncountable]- Idioms from soup to nuts, from beginning to end.
- Idioms in the soup, [Slang.]in trouble.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024soup (so̅o̅p),USA pronunciation n. - Fooda liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- Slang Termsa thick fog.
- Slang Termsadded power, esp. horsepower.
- Slang Termsnitroglycerine.
- Photographydeveloping solution.
- from soup to nuts:
- from the first through the last course of a meal.
- from beginning to end;
to a complete, encompassing degree;
leaving nothing out.
- Informal Terms in the soup, in trouble:He'll be in the soup when the truth comes out.
v.t. - Slang Terms, Automotive soup up:
- Automotiveto improve the capacity for speed or increase the efficiency of (a motor or engine) by increasing the richness of the fuel mixture or the efficiency of the fuel, or by adjusting the engine.
- to give spirit or vivacity to;
enliven:a political rally souped up by the appearance of the candidates.
- Gmc; compare Dutch sopen to dunk. See sop
- French soupe, Old French souppe, sope
- 1645–55; 1940–45 for def. 8;
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged broth, stock, potage.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: soup /suːp/ n - a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, vegetables, etc, usually served hot at the beginning of a meal
- informal a photographic developer
- informal anything resembling soup in appearance or consistency, esp thick fog
- a slang name for nitroglycerine
- in the soup ⇒ informal in trouble or difficulties
Etymology: 17th Century: from Old French soupe, from Late Latin suppa, of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German suppe, Old Norse soppa soup |