sop up

Questions about sop up

What does sop up mean?

sop up means "take in, also metaphorically". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sop up?

Close synonyms include absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, suck up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sop up a common word?

sop up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.