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Definitions for Soap

[1] a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
[2] any metallic salt of an acid derived from a fat.
[3] Slang . money, especially as used for bribery in politics.
[4] Slang . Also soaper. soap opera.
[5] to rub, cover, lather, or treat with soap.
[6] no soap , Informal . no go: He wanted me to vote for him, but I told him no soap.
[7] a cleaning or emulsifying agent made by reacting animal or vegetable fats or oils with potassium or sodium hydroxide. Soaps often contain colouring matter and perfume and act by emulsifying grease and lowering the surface tension of water, so that it more readily penetrates open materials such as textiles See also detergent Related adjective: saponaceous
[8] any metallic salt of a fatty acid, such as palmitic or stearic acid See also metallic soap
[9] slang flattery or persuasive talk (esp in the phrase soft soap )
[10] informal short for soap opera
[11] US and Canadian slang money, esp for bribery
[12] no soap US and Canadian slang not possible or successful
[13] (tr) to apply soap to
[14] (tr often foll by up ) slang to flatter or talk persuasively to US and Canadian to bribe

Words related to Soap

detergent, wash, lather, suds, castile

Words nearby Soap

soakage, soakaway, soaked to the skin, soakers, soane, soap, soap boiler, soap box derby, soap bubble, soap dish, soap flakes

Origin of Soap

before 1000; Middle English sope, Old English sāpe, cognate with German Seife, Dutch zeep, all < West Germanic (perhaps ≫ Latin sāpō; cf. saponify)

Other words from Soap

soap·less , adjective
soap·like , adjective
o·ver·soap , verb (used with object)
un·soaped , adjective
soap v.

Word origin for Soap

Old English sāpe; related to Old High German seipfa, Old French savon, Latin sāpō

Synonyms for Soap

detergent, castile, lather, suds, wash