sop

To dip, soak, or drench in a liquid; saturate.

To take up by absorption.

A piece of food soaked or dipped in a liquid.

Something yielded to placate or soothe.

A bribe.

An abbreviation of soprano.

Something soaked; a morsel, as of bread, dipped in a liquid before being eaten; a piece of bread softened, as in broth or milk, or intended to be so softened.

Hence A morsel of food; a small portion of food or drink; a mouthful; a bite.

Something given to pacify or quiet; a bribe: so used in allusion to the sop given to Cerberus in order to secure a quiet entrance to the lower world.