ALL meanings of soap
soap
S s - noun soap 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
- noun soap any metallic salt of an acid derived from a fat. 2
- noun soap Slang. money, especially as used for bribery in politics. 2
- noun soap Slang.. Also, soaper. soap opera. 2
- noun soap bar of soap for cleaning body 1
- noun soap detergent for washing clothes 1
- noun soap soap opera: drama serial 1
- transitive verb soap apply soap to 1
- noun Technical meaning of soap 1. (protocol) Simple Object Access Protocol. 2. (language) Symbolic Optimal Assembly Program. 1
- verb with object soap to rub, cover, lather, or treat with soap. 0
- idioms soap no soap, Informal. no go: He wanted me to vote for him, but I told him no soap. 0
- variable noun soap Soap is a substance that you use with water for washing yourself or sometimes for washing clothes. 0
- verb soap If you soap yourself, you rub soap on your body in order to wash yourself. 0
- countable noun soap A soap is the same as a soap opera. 0
- noun soap 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 0
- noun soap any metallic salt of a fatty acid, such as palmitic or stearic acid 0
- noun soap flattery or persuasive talk (esp in the phrase soft soap) 0
- noun soap money, esp for bribery 0
- verb soap to apply soap to 0
- verb soap to flatter or talk persuasively to 0
- verb soap to bribe 0
- noun soap a substance used with water to produce suds for washing or cleaning: soaps are usually sodium or potassium salts of fatty acids, produced by the action of an alkali, as caustic soda or potash, on fats or oils 0
- noun soap any metallic salt of a fatty acid 0
- noun soap soap opera 0
- verb transitive soap to lather, scrub, etc. with soap 0