(US, idiomatic) Someone or something that is not as it should be; something disorganized or unfinished.

(informal, evolutionary theory) The state of the Earth's oceans at a very early time in the planet's history, during the early development of multicellular organisms.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see duck, soup. / (slang, idiomatic) Something which is easy; a piece of cake.

A type of soup that contains noodles in the shape of various alphabetical letters, sometimes also numbers. / (figuratively) An overabundance of acronyms and abbreviations.

(computing, Internet, informal) Poorly structured code in a markup language that uses tags (such as HTML), especially when it violates specifications.

An ancient Spartan broth of boiled pigs' legs, blood, salt, and vinegar.

A traditional Japanese soup consisting of a stock (dashi) into which softened miso paste is mixed.

plural of soup bone

A bone used in cooking soup. / (slang, baseball) The arm that a player uses to pitch the ball.

A soup made with Jerusalem artichokes.