sop up

verb

To absorb, to soak up.

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Meanings

verbsop up (third-person singular simple present sops up, present participle sopping up, simple past and past participle sopped up)

present singular third person sops up · participle present sopping up · participle past sopped up · past sopped up

  1. transitiveTo absorb, to soak up.

    The smell of my vomit was overpowering. I thought I might retch again. Quickly, I gathered up some paper towels and sopped up my mess.

    2011, May-lee Chai, Dragon Chica, page 217

Synonyms & antonyms

verbtake in, also metaphorically

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absorbsuckimbibesoak upsuck updrawtake intake up
Broader
actmove

verbtake up as if with a sponge

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take insuck intake up
Broader
consumeingesttake in
Also see
absorbdrawimbibesoak upsucksuck insuck uptake intake up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

sop up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sop%20up

MLA

“sop up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sop%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sop up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sop%20up.

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