soaps

Noun (1)

soap (countable and uncountable, plural soaps)

1. A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
2. (broadly, informal) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.
   • I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.
3. (slang) Money, specially when used as a bribe.
4. (countable, informal) A soap opera.
5. (countable) A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.

Noun (2)

soap (uncountable)

1. (slang) thiopental (sodium pentothal)
   • 'Time? Doesn't have much meaning when they're trying to dry you out. I rather think they gave me a shot of soap at one point.' Soap is intelligence speak for sodium pentathol.2013, John Gardner, James Bond: The John Gardner Years

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