soapy
pronunciation
How to pronounce soapy in British English:
UK [ˈsəʊpi]
How to pronounce soapy in American English:
US [ˈsoʊpi]
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- Adjective:
- having the qualities of soap (and liable to slip away)
Word Origin
- soapy (adj.)
- c. 1600, from soap (n.) + -y (2). Related: Soapily; soapiness.
Example
- 1. Mass-market beers taste like soapy water .
- 2. Scrub your hands thoroughly with hot , soapy water before and after handling raw seafood .
- 3. Said grandma . She was so startled that she knocked her glasses into her bucket of soapy water .
- 4. Use undiluted white vinegar to wash dried concrete or mortar off your skin , then wash with warm , soapy water .
- 5. They squatted side by side on the dirt , a crowd of village women holding sari cloth around them as a makeshift curtain , and poured soapy water from a metal pan over their heads .