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suds

   [suhdz]
noun (used with a plural verb)
1.
soapy water.
2.
foam; lather.
3.
Slang. beer.
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verb (used with object)
4.
to wash with soap or detergent (often followed by out): to suds out a pair of socks.

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Origin:
1540–50; 1900–05 for def. 3; perhaps < Middle Dutch sudse puddle, marsh; akin to sodden

Related forms
suds·a·ble, adjective
non·suds·ing, adjective
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suds (sʌdz)
 
—pl n
1.  the bubbles on the surface of water in which soap, detergents, etc, have been dissolved; lather
2.  soapy water
3.  slang chiefly (US), (Canadian) beer or the bubbles floating on it
 
[C16: probably from Middle Dutch sudse marsh; related to Middle Low German sudde swamp; see seethe]
 
'sudsy
 
—adj

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suds
1548, "dregs, leavings, muck," especially in East Anglia, "ooze left by flood" (this may be the original sense), perhaps borrowed from M.Du. sudse "marsh, bog," cognate with O.E. soden, pp. of seoþan (see seethe). Meaning "soapy water" dates from 1581; slang meaning "beer" first attested 1904.
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suds definition


  1. n.
    beer. : How about some suds, Bill?
  2. in.
    to drink beer. : How 'bout going out and sudsing for a while?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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