soupful

English

Etymology

From soup +‎ -ful.

Noun

soupful (plural not attested)

1. (rare, chiefly figuratively) As much as soup has.
   • 1957 November 21, Mrs. Howard Slade, “A Smart Homemaker Says: Here Are Grounds For Good Syrup”, in The Miami News, Miami, Fla., page 5B:

     Soupful of Energy

   • 1976 August 30, Howard Moss, “Notes from the Castle”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: The New Yorker Magazine, Inc., page 36:

     A soupful of tears at dinner?

   • 1998 April 29, Scott Hovanyetz, “County gets dredging advice”, in Fort Pierce Tribune, page B1:

     “You have a soupful of nasty stuff,” County Commissioner Cliff Barnes said.

   • 2005 February 18, Pam Harbaugh, “Knives go flying in ‘Cookin’”, in Florida Today, page 1E:

     The King Center takes “Iron Chef” to the next level with “Cookin,” a live stage show that pits wedding banquet chefs against each other, adding a pound of percussion, two cups of drumming, a soupful of fighting and a pinch of juggling.

   • 2018, Ed Wagemann, edited by Anne Moss, Gentrification: The Early Works of Ed Wagemann, →ISBN, page 56:

     His trailer smelt horrible, it had the stench of soggy cheap plywood that had been soaked in a soupful of turds.