suds
/sʌdz/ noun, verb
Forms sud sudses sudsing sudsed
- noun (countable, uncountable) Lather; foam or froth formed by mixing soap and water.
- noun (slang) Beer. “We went out for some pizza and suds.”
- verb (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, soapsuds. “We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.”
Synonyms
Etymology
From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud + -s. Related to seethe.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth. In the suds, in turmoil or difficulty. [Colloq.] Beau. & Fl.
Etymology [Akin to sodden, seethe. See Seethe.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “suds”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details