a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
source: WordNet 3.0
money offered as a bribe
source: WordNet 3.0
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
source: WordNet 3.0
A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not.
source: Webster 1913
verb
rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning