souping

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The dietary practice of mainly eating soup, often as a way to lose weight.

   After the holidays, she committed to a week of souping to reset her eating.

   Nutritionists warn that souping can leave you short on protein and fiber.

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of soup.

   The mechanics are souping up the race car before the big event.

   She spent all month souping up her computer for faster gaming.

   Note

   One spelling, several quite different verbs behind it. A darkroom worker souping film is developing it in a chemical bath. An older souping meant preaching to the hungry while feeding them, and another meant sweeping; both are now obsolete. It can also stand in for sup, so souping one's broth is sipping it. As a gerund it shades into the soup-diet noun, which names a whole eating regime.

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