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suds¹

  • /sʌdz/

Rhymes with -ʌdz

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From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud + -s. Related to seethe.

noun sud

  1. countable, plural, plural normally, uncountable Lather; foam or froth formed by mixing soap and water. Mrs Durbeyfield, excited by her song, trod the rocker with all the spring that was left in her after a long day's seething in the suds.
  2. plural, plural normally, slang Beer. We went out for some pizza and suds.

verb sudses · sudsing · sudsed

  1. transitive To cover with, or as if with, soapsuds. We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.

SUDS²

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of sudden unexpected death syndrome
  2. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of sudden unexplained death syndrome

SUDs³

noun

  1. plural plural of SUD

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noun lather, foam

Españoljabonaduras
한국어비눗물 binunmul
日本語泡 awa
中文泡沫 pàomò, 沫 mò
हिन्दीसाबुन का झाग sābun kā jhāg
Portuguêsespuma
Françaismousse de savon, eau savonneuse
DeutschSeifenlauge, Schaum
Italianosaponata, schiuma
Ελληνικάσαπουνάδα sapounáda
Русскиймы́льная пе́на mýlʹnaja péna
العربيةرَغْوَة raḡwa
עבריתקֶצֶף סַבּוֹן

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@misc{suds_2026,
  title = {suds},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/suds},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}