suds
verbEtymology From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud + -s. Related to seethe.
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To cover with, or as if with, soapsuds.
- We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.
suds
noun/sʌdz/
Etymology From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud + -s. Related to seethe.
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Plural normally 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.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 30:
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Plural normally, Slang Beer.
- We went out for some pizza and suds.