shot soup
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Meaning · English
A weak soup containing whole peas.
Register: archaic, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Beside this, every other day we had what English seamen call "shot soup" — great round peas, polishing themselves like pebbles by rolling about in tepid water.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “shot soup” mean?
A weak soup containing whole peas.
Is “shot soup” formal or informal?
shot soup is generally archaic, slang.