suds
Noun
- the froth produced by soaps or detergents
- a dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces)
- Lather; foam or froth formed by mixing soap and water.
- Beer.
Verb
Verb Forms: sudsed, sudsing, sudses
- To wash something in soapy water, creating lather.
- wash in suds
- make froth or foam and become bubbly
- To cover with, or as if with, soapsuds.
Examples
- He had to ’SUDS’ his brain for a new strategy after a disastrous first half.
- We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.
- We went out for some pizza and suds.
Origin / Etymology
From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud + -s. Related to seethe.
Scrabble Score: 5
suds: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsuds: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
suds: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 6
suds: valid Words With Friends Word