soaper

Variant of soap

soap definition

soap (sōp)

noun

  1. 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
  2. any metallic salt of a fatty acid
  3. ☆ Slang soap opera
    also soaper soap′er

Etymology: ME sope < OE sape, akin to Ger seife < Gmc *saipo- < IE base *seib-, to trickle, run out > L sebum, tallow

transitive verb

to lather, scrub, etc. with soap
soap Idioms

no soap

☆ Slang
  1. the offer, idea, etc. is not acceptable
  2. to no avail

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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