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