noun
- pieces of bread or other food soaked in liquid
- things given to pacify or appease someone
Usage: often used disparagingly
Examples
- She fed the baby sops of bread soaked in warm milk.
- The old dog could only eat sops since losing most of its teeth.
- The government offered tax cuts as sops to angry voters.
- These minor policy changes are just sops to the opposition.
- He dipped sops of bread into the rich stew.
- The company’s environmental promises were seen as mere sops to critics.