Used chiefly as an intensifier before adjectives, especially ‘wet’.
Definitionen
Thoroughly; completely (used as an intensifier, typically modifying ‘wet’). They came back from the storm sopping wet.
Gerund of ‘sop’; denotes the act or process of soaking.
Definitionen
The act or process of soaking something in liquid. The sopping of the bread in the gravy made it deliciously moist.