verb (used with object)
4.
to wash with soap or detergent (often followed by out ): to suds out a pair of socks.
Related forms
suds·a·ble, adjective
non·suds·ing, adjective
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suds (sʌdz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| 'sudsy | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
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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