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I . sop·ping [ˈsɒpɪŋ, Am ˈsɑ:p-] inf ADJ

sopping
sopping

II . sop·ping [ˈsɒpɪŋ, Am ˈsɑ:p-] inf ADV inv

sopping wet
sopping wet

II . sop [sɒp, Am sɑ:p] VB trans

SOP [Am ˌesoʊˈpi:] N Am

SOP abbreviation of standard operating procedure

SOP

See also standard operating procedure

stand·ard ˈop·er·at·ing pro·cedure N, SOP N no pl

stand·ard ˈop·er·at·ing pro·cedure N, SOP N no pl

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

sopping wet

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The children's bedrooms in the basement were destroyed, with beds and furniture sopping wet.
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She pulled herself up to the riverbank and, sopping wet, looked around.
www.telegraph.co.uk
A sopping sponge sails through the air, hurled by a grinning child dressed as a dandelion.
www.theecologist.org
This sopping wet year seems to have favoured many shrubs, including abelia.
www.telegraph.co.uk
When carrying several sopping wetsuits, it has yet to experience any leakage.
www.gizmodo.com.au
Some 4.3 million square feet of office space had just come on stream in 2009, sopping up a lot of office tenants.
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Of course, the whole sopping mass of liquid can't just lift itself out of the glass just because of a lift offered by its bubbles.
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Not only is injera useful as a means of conveying stews to your taste buds, it's extremely efficient at sopping up the remains of sauces.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
She's a lady, and now she's sopping wet.
www.tv3.ie
The ladder is damp, as if someone sopping wet had climbed up it ahead of him, and didn't dry before reaching the top.
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