Definitions for soft-soap

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Spelling: [sawft-sohp, soft-]
IPA: /ˈsɔftˈsoʊp, ˈsɒft-/

Soft-Soap is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 182 anagrams from letters in soft-soap (-afoopsst).

Definitions for soft-soap

noun

  1. Informal. persuasive talk; flattery:
  2. the semifluid soap produced when potassium hydroxide is used in the saponification of a fat or an oil.

verb (used with object)

  1. Informal. to cajole; flatter.
  2. to apply soft soap to.

verb (used without object)

  1. to use soft soap in washing.

Origin of soft-soap

First recorded in 1820-30

Examples for soft-soap

And takes by the nose and belathers, with soft-soap, tremendously.

After all, soft-soap has its virtues; it is just the thing for the aged!

Now hes trying to soft-soap the hermit into letting him have a hunt for it.

Hearths and jambs, of brick, look best painted over with blacklead, mixed with soft-soap.

There was the pail, safe hidden behind the soft-soap barrel.

We clamour for soft-soap; we demand it at the point of the bayonet.

Sound-softener, thet runs off yer tongue slick as soft-soap.

After standing two days, wash him clean with soft-soap and water.

Do you think you can soft-soap me as easy as you did the boys?

If that there Judson's son had spilled this soft-soap, I could get it; you might expect it from he and his class.

Word Value for soft-soap
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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