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   Suds

   /sədz/

   

   plural

   • 1. short for soapsuds
   • ▪ beer: "they keep the suds flowing all night"

   verb

   • 1. lather, cover, or wash in soapy water: North American "Martha sudsed my back"
   • ▪ form suds: North American "soft baby soap that sudsed"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: of uncertain sense development but perhaps originally denoting the floodwater of the fens; compare with Middle Low German sudde, Middle Dutch sudse ‘marsh, bog’; probably related to seethe.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sudsy adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • S

     1

   • U

     1

   • D

     2

   • S

     1

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