soup
8 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
soups
plural
soups
Britannica Dictionary definition of SOUP
:
a food made by cooking vegetables, meat, or fish in a large amount of liquid
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see also pea soup
[count]
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a delicious chicken soup
[noncount]
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a bowl of soup
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a soup spoon
in the soup
informal + old-fashioned
:
in a bad situation
:
in trouble
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That stunt landed her in the soup.
soup to nuts
US, informal
1
:
covering every detail or part of something
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The book provides a soup to nuts look at the current political scene.
2
from soup to nuts
:
in every detail or part
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The entire procedure from soup to nuts is changing.
2
soup
/ˈsuːp/
verb
soups;
souped;
souping
2
soup
/ˈsuːp/
verb
soups;
souped;
souping
Britannica Dictionary definition of SOUP
soup up
[phrasal verb]
soup (something) up
or
soup up (something)
informal
:
to increase the power of (something, such as an engine)
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see also souped-up
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soup up a car's engine
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His hobby was souping up older cars.
