suds

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   Beer.

   We went out for some pizza and suds.

3. 3
   verb

   To cover with, or as if with, soapsuds.

   We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.

4. 4
   noun

   a dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces)

5. 5
   noun

   the froth produced by soaps or detergents

6. 6
   verb

   make froth or foam and become bubbly

7. 7
   verb

   wash in suds

8. 8
   noun

   Initialism of sudden unexpected death syndrome.

Etymology

From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud + -s. Related to seethe.