noun
plural soups
a food made by cooking vegetables, meat, or fish in a large amount of liquid [count]
in the soup
informal + old-fashioned :in a bad situation :in trouble
soup to nuts
US informal
covering every detail or part of something
from soup to nuts :in every detail or part
verb
soups; souped; souping
soup up
[phrasal verb]
soup (something) up or soup up (something) informal :to increase the power of (something, such as an engine)
US