soup

noun

1. A liquid food prepared from meat, fish, or vegetable stock combined with various other ingredients and often containing solid pieces.
2. A liquid rich in organic compounds and providing favorable conditions for the emergence and growth of life forms: primordial soup.
3. Slang Something having the appearance or a consistency suggestive of soup, especially:
   a. Dense fog.
   b. Nitroglycerine.
4. A chaotic or unfortunate situation.

Phrasal Verb: soup up Slang To modify (something) so as to increase its capacity to perform or satisfy, especially to add horsepower or greater speed potential to (an engine or a vehicle).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English soupe

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see seuə-² in Indo-European roots

Origin: . Soup up

Origin: , from soup, material injected into a horse to make it run faster (influenced by supercharge)

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