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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUDS, n. sing. Water impregnated with soap.
To be in the suds, to be in turmoil or difficulty; a familiar phrase.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the froth produced by soaps or detergents [syn: soapsuds, suds, lather]
2: a dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces) v
1: wash in suds
2: make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed" [syn: froth, spume, suds]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: probably from Middle Dutch sudse marsh; akin to Old English s?othan to seethe — more at seethe Date: 1581 1. water impregnated with soap or a synthetic detergent compound and worked up into froth; also the lather or froth on such water 2. a. foam, froth b. beer • sudsless adjective II. verb Date: 1834 transitive verb to wash in suds intransitive verb to form suds

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n.pl. 1 froth of soap and water. 2 US colloq. beer. --v. 1 intr. form suds. 2 tr. lather, cover, or wash in soapy water. Derivatives: sudsy adj. Etymology: orig. = fen waters etc., of uncert. orig.: cf. MDu., MLG sudde, MDu. sudse marsh, bog, prob. rel. to SEETHE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Suds Suds, n. pl. [Akin to sodden, seethe. See Seethe.] Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth. In the suds, in turmoil or difficulty. [Colloq.] --Beau. & Fl.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Suds are the bubbles that are produced when a substance such as soap is mixed with water. He had soap suds in his ears. N-PLURAL

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

In the suds; in trouble, in a disagreeable situation, or involved in some difficulty.

Moby Thesaurus

aerate, barmy beer, beat, beer, blues, breakers, collar, court, cream, dinge, dumps, foam, froth, gloom, head, heavy-heartedness, lather, make suit to, make up to, mantle, meringue, mopes, mousse, offscum, puff, pursue, scud, scum, sea foam, small beer, soapsuds, souffle, spark, spindrift, spoondrift, spray, spume, stinging, sud, surf, sweetheart, swipes, unhappiness, whip, whisk, white water, woo, yeast