suds
pronunciation
How to pronounce suds in British English:
UK [sʌdz]
How to pronounce suds in American English:
US [sʌdz]
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- Noun:
- the froth produced by soaps or detergents
- a dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces)
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- Verb:
- wash in suds
- make froth or foam and become bubbly
Word Origin
- suds
- suds: [16] Suds was probably borrowed from Middle Dutch sudse ‘marsh, swamp’ (it was used in the East Anglian dialect for ‘muddy swamp water’ or ‘flood water’, and probably the notion of scum or flotsam on such water led on to ‘floating bubbles, lather’ – first recorded at the end of the 15th century). The word’s ultimate source is no doubt the prehistoric Germanic base *suth- ‘boil’, which also produced English seethe and sodden.=> seethe, sodden
- suds (n.)
- 1540s, "dregs, leavings, muck," especially in East Anglia, "ooze left by flood" (according to OED this may be the original sense), perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch sudse "marsh, bog," or related words in Frisian and Low German, cognate with Old English soden "boiled," from Proto-Germanic *suth-, from PIE *seut- "to seethe, boil" (see seethe). Meaning "soapy water" dates from 1580s; slang meaning "beer" first attested 1904. Related: Sudsy.
Example
- 1. When it comes to washing , fewer suds are always advantageous .
- 2. During the month of december , the posts emit what locals call snoap -- soap suds that look like snow .
- 3. Those suds you see when you brush your teeth are from detergents like sodium lauryl sulfate .
- 4. Powder detergent suits for general cleaning , whereas high-efficiency ( he ) detergents reduce suds and prevent color change considerably .
- 5. Whether it is the frothy milk on your cappuccino , the soapy suds in your bath or the large-scale structure of the universe , foam has intrigued physicists for many years .