suds en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /sʌdz/
Etymology
From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud + -s. Related to seethe.
Meanings
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(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.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 30:
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(plural, plural-normally, slang) Beer.
We went out for some pizza and suds.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sud | Number=Sing | lexicographic |
Deriveds
soap suds · suds up · oversuds · soapsuds · sudser · sudsless · sudsy
Translations (42)
it saponata (lather, foam) · ka საპნის ქაფი (lather, foam) · fr eau savonneuse (lather, foam) · cs mydliny (lather, foam) · la spūma (lather, foam) · am አረፋ (lather, foam) · mn ᠬᠥᠭᠡᠰᠦ (lather, foam) · th ฟองฟอด (lather, foam) · it schiuma (lather, foam) · cmn 沫 (lather, foam) · he קֶצֶף סַבּוֹן (lather, foam) · de Seifenlauge (lather, foam) · ar رَغْوَة (lather, foam) · hy փրփուր (lather, foam) · hi साबुन का झाग (lather, foam) · ca sabonera (lather, foam) · pt espuma (lather, foam) · bg сапунена пяна (lather, foam) · sv lödder (lather, foam) · hu szappanhab (lather, foam) · sah мыыла күүгэнэ (lather, foam) · nl sop (lather, foam) · ga sobal (lather, foam) · fr mousse de savon (lather, foam) · ko 비눗물 (lather, foam) · cmn 泡沫 (lather, foam) · hy օճառափրփուր (lather, foam) · bcl subo (lather, foam) · mn хөөс (lather, foam) · ja 泡 (lather, foam) · cy ewyn (lather, foam) · ota كوپوك (lather, foam) · cs mýdlová pěna (lather, foam) · pl mydliny (lather, foam) · ru мы́льная пе́на (lather, foam) · el σαπουνάδα (lather, foam) · hy սապնափրփուր (lather, foam) · de Schaum (lather, foam) · th ฟอง (lather, foam) · tr köpük (lather, foam) · es jabonaduras (lather, foam) · fi vaahto (lather, foam)