Meanings
suds1
nounsuds pl (normally plural, singular sud)
singular sud
- countablepluralplural normallyuncountableLather; 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
verbsuds (third-person singular simple present sudses, present participle sudsing, simple past and past participle sudsed)
present singular third person sudses · participle present sudsing · participle past sudsed · past sudsed
- transitiveTo cover with, or as if with, soapsuds.
We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.
SUDS2
nounSUDS (uncountable)
- abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of sudden unexpected death syndrome.
- abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of sudden unexplained death syndrome.
SUDs3
noun
- pluralplural of SUD
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic رَغْوَة
- رَغْوَة (raḡwa)lather, foam
Bulgarian сапунена пяна
- сапунена пяна (sapunena pjana)lather, foam
Catalan sabonera
- saboneralather, foam
Chinese Mandarin 泡沫, 沫
- 泡沫 (pàomò)lather, foam
- 沫 (mò)lather, foam
Czech mýdlová pěna, mydliny
- mýdlová pěnalather, foam
- mydlinylather, foam
Dutch sop
- soplather, foam
Finnish vaahto
- vaahtolather, foam
French mousse de savon, eau savonneuse
- mousse de savonlather, foam
- eau savonneuselather, foam
German Seifenlauge, Schaum
- Seifenlaugelather, foam
- Schaumlather, foam
Greek σαπουνάδα
- σαπουνάδα (sapounáda)lather, foam
Hebrew קֶצֶף סַבּוֹן
- קֶצֶף סַבּוֹןlather, foam
Hindi साबुन का झाग
- साबुन का झाग (sābun kā jhāg)lather, foam
Hungarian szappanhab
- szappanhablather, foam
Irish sobal
- soballather, foam
Italian saponata, schiuma
- saponatalather, foam
- schiumalather, foam
Japanese 泡
- 泡 (awa)lather, foam
Korean 비눗물
- 비눗물 (binunmul)lather, foam
Latin spūma
- spūmalather, foam
Polish mydliny
- mydlinylather, foam
Portuguese espuma
- espumalather, foam
Russian мы́льная пе́на
- мы́льная пе́на (mýlʹnaja péna)lather, foam
Spanish jabonaduras
- jabonaduraslather, foam
Swedish lödder
- lödderlather, foam
Thai ฟอง, ฟองฟอด
- ฟอง (fɔɔng)lather, foam
- ฟองฟอด (fong fôt)lather, foam
Turkish köpük
- köpüklather, foam
Welsh ewyn
- ewynlather, foam
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
suds. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suds
MLA
“suds.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suds. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suds,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suds.
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