Suds

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suds \Suds\, n. pl. [Akin to sodden, seethe. See {Seethe}.]
     Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles
     and froth.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {In the suds}, in turmoil or difficulty. [Colloq.] --Beau. &


        Fl.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  suds
       n 1: the froth produced by soaps or detergents [syn: {soapsuds},
            {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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "suds":
     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
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SUDS
       Software Update and Distribution System