soup

soup
{{11}}soup (n.) "liquid food," 1650s, from Fr. soupe "soup, broth," from L.L. suppa "bread soaked in broth," from a Germanic source (Cf. M.Du. sop "sop, broth"), from P.Gmc. base *supp-, from PIE *sub-, from root *seue- "to take liquid" (see SUP (Cf. sup) (2)). Primordial soup is from a concept first expressed 1929 by J.B.S. Haldane. Soup kitchen is attested from 1839. In Ireland, souper meant "Protestant clergyman seeking to make proselytes by dispensing soup in charity" (1854).
{{12}}soup (v.) "increase the horsepower of an engine," 1921, probably from SOUP (Cf. soup) (n.) in slang sense of "narcotic injected into horses to make them run faster" (1911), influenced by SUPERCHARGE (Cf. supercharge) (v.).

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  • Soup — Soup, n. [F. soupe, OF. sope, supe, soupe, perhaps originally, a piece of bread; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. D. sop sop, G. suppe soup. See {Sop} something dipped in a liquid, and cf. {Supper}.] A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Soup — Soup, v. t. To sup or swallow. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Soup — Soup, v. t. To sweep. See {Sweep}, and {Swoop}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • soup up — (something) to make something more powerful. They had to soup up the air conditioning to keep her computers from overheating in the summer. Usage notes: usually used to describe an improvement to a car or other machine …   New idioms dictionary

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