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Synonyms
soup (sōōp)

[Middle English soupe, from Old French, of Germanic origin, Soup up, from soup, material injected into a horse to make it run faster (influenced by supercharge).]

noun 

  1. A liquid food prepared from meat, fish, or vegetable stock combined with various other ingredients and often containing solid pieces.
  2. A liquid rich in organic compounds and providing favorable conditions for the emergence and growth of life forms: primordial soup.
  3. Slang Something having the appearance or a consistency suggestive of soup, especially:
    1. Dense fog.
    2. Nitroglycerine.
  4. A chaotic or unfortunate situation.

phrasal verbs

soup up
To modify (something) so as to increase its capacity to perform or satisfy, especially to add horsepower or greater speed potential to (an engine or a vehicle).

idioms

in the soup
Having difficulties; in trouble.