Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suds

/sʌdz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: suds
IPA: /sʌdz/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lather; foam or froth formed by mixing soap and water.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Slang

verb

To cover with, or as if with, soapsuds.

Transitive verb

noun

Initialism of sudden unexpected death syndrome.

Uncountable

noun

Initialism of sudden unexplained death syndrome.

Uncountable

noun

Example Sentences

"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."
"We went out for some pizza and suds."
"We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sud

Usage

Inflected Forms

sud (singular) sudses (present, singular) sudsing (participle, present) sudsed (participle, past) sudsed (past)

Derived Forms

oversuds soapsuds sudser sudsless sudsy

Phrases

soap suds suds up

Synonyms

soapsuds lather froth spume

Rhymes With

floods buds studs bloods duds spuds muds scuds budz

Questions

How do you pronounce suds?: The recorded pronunciation is /sʌdz/.
What does suds mean?: Lather; foam or froth formed by mixing soap and water.
Where does suds come from?: From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud + -s. Related to seethe.

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