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  • verb Present participle of soup.

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Examples

  • What he called the "souping" system of the Protestant clergyman stank in his nostrils -- that system by which, as he stated, the most ignorant of men were to be induced to leave their faith by the hope of soup, or other food.

    Castle Richmond Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Nasdaq OMX and IntercontinentalExchange intensified their pursuit of NYSE Euronext, acquiring shares in their target and souping up the takeover plan.

    What's News 2011

  • Our local chefs should be commended and happy souping to those who get their hands on this book! luigia says:

    40 Seasonal Soups 2009

  • *** Markets Nasdaq OMX Group and IntercontinentalExchange intensified their pursuit of NYSE Euronext, acquiring shares in their target and souping up the takeover plan with a breakup fee and committed funding.

    Business Watch 2011

  • Microsoft has been busy souping up its search engine, leading to the announcement that it will pay you to buy stuff at its new Live Search cashback site.

    Past Tech Trends & Products: Technology Live Archive 2008

  • Microsoft has been busy souping up its search engine, leading to the announcement that it will pay you to buy stuff at its new Live Search cashback site.

    Microsoft's paid search: "this idea is a good one" 2008

  • That notion has fans inside the administration, but was left out partly because of skepticism from some deficit-fearing congressional Democrats about the near-term political benefits of souping up an existing payroll-tax break The idea is sure to return if the job market remains weak; the president clearly isn't ruling it out.

    Obamanomics Is Recast as 'Recovery Summer' Fades 2010

  • Chris and Steve Ivy work on souping up WordPress plugins as a showpiece for distributed social networks.

    OAuth 1.0, OpenID 2.0 and up next: DiSo | FactoryCity 2007

  • I realized after writing this too that I should have said something about "souping up the engine" of one's religion, adding alloy wheels, and otherwise upgrading it or replacing faulty parts.

    Looking Under the Hood of Your Religion James F. McGrath 2009

  • "I don't think souping up people's genomes is the way to go."

    Will Designer Brains Divide Humanity? William Harryman 2009

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