suds

noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction

\ ˈsədz

Definition of suds

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : water impregnated with soap or a synthetic detergent compound and worked up into froth also : the lather or froth on such water

2a : foam, froth

b : beer

suds

verb

sudsed; sudsing; sudses

Definition of suds (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to wash in suds

intransitive verb

: to form suds

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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction His crying comes as a visitation, the body squeezing tears from his ducts tenderly as a nurse measuring drops of calamine from an amber bottle, as a teen at the car wash wringing a chamois of suds. — Sarah Holland-batt, The New Yorker, "The Gift," 8 Feb. 2021 Mix together hand soap and distilled water vigorously, to create suds. — Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful, "How to Clean a Couch, According to a Professional Upholsterer," 18 Dec. 2020 Press your sponge down on the grate-like plastic top, and the dispenser will inject it full of suds. — Popular Science, "The 8 most helpful new home products of 2020," 3 Dec. 2020 Press your sponge down on the grate-like plastic top, and the dispenser will inject it full of suds. — Popular Science, "The 8 most helpful new home products of 2020," 3 Dec. 2020 Our end-of-year beer column summarizes the biggest stories in Northeast Ohio’s world of suds. — Marc Bona, cleveland, "Browns wine, Nighttown, biggest beer stories of 2020, more: WTAM 5-minute food-drinks chat," 6 Jan. 2021 Press your sponge down on the grate-like plastic top, and the dispenser will inject it full of suds. — Popular Science, "The 8 most helpful new home products of 2020," 3 Dec. 2020 Add to the mix the fact that craft beer is an organic commodity, and brewers like to get their suds in a package, shipped out, and consumed as fast as possible. — cleveland, "Candemic forecast: Expect breweries to deal with strain on can supply into 2021," 22 Dec. 2020 Press your sponge down on the grate-like plastic top, and the dispenser will inject it full of suds. — Popular Science, "The 8 most helpful new home products of 2020," 3 Dec. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb According to the Clorox website, the company's regular bleach, absent the sudsing agent, has a sodium hypochlorite concentration between 5% and 6.5%. — Joshua Gargiulo, USA TODAY, "Fact check: Does Clorox Splash-Less bleach disinfect?," 11 June 2020 And, to be clear, disinfecting common spaces is not a replacement for thoroughly sudsing up your grubby mitts with soap. — Katherine J. Wu, Popular Science, "Everything you need to know about cleaning public surfaces in a pandemic," 16 Mar. 2020 Parents should also encourage their children to suds up regularly, which can greatly reduce the risk of multiple family members getting sick all at once. — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, "Here's How to Wash Your Hands Properly, According to Experts," 4 Mar. 2020 Note that in the short, he’s seen rinsing—not sudsing—his trademark long hair. — Vogue, "Why DJ Baba Stiltz’s New EP Should Be On Your Getting Ready Playlist," 8 June 2018 Note that in the short, he’s seen rinsing—not sudsing—his trademark long hair. — Vogue, "Why DJ Baba Stiltz’s New EP Should Be On Your Getting Ready Playlist," 8 June 2018 But, Jane isn’t merely some flimsy melodrama sudsing up the CW’s schedule every Friday night. — refinery29.com, "You’re Doing Yourself A Disservice By Missing Last Week’s Jane The Virgin," 26 Mar. 2018 Undeterred, Anne sudsed my head, my face, my ears, and – whoosh! — Amy Henrickson, The Christian Science Monitor, "Unexpectedly cleansed," 11 Aug. 2017

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