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suds

  [suhdz] ,
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–noun (used with a plural verb)
1. soapy water.
2. foam; lather.
3. Slang. beer.
–verb (used with object)
4. to wash with soap or detergent (often fol. by out): to suds out a pair of socks.
Origin:
1540–50; 1900–05 for def. 3; perh. < MD sudse puddle, marsh; akin to sodden

Related forms:
suds⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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suds   (sŭdz)   
pl.n.  

  1. Soapy water.

  2. Foam; lather.

  3. Slang Beer.

v.   sudsed, suds·ing, suds·es

v.   tr.
To wash in suds.
v.   intr.
To form or make suds.

[Perhaps from obsolete Dutch zudse, marsh, from Middle Dutch sudse.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
suds

  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.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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