sudsy

English

Etymology

From suds +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌd.zi/, enPR: sŭdzē

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• Rhymes: -ʌdzi

Adjective

sudsy (comparative sudsier, superlative sudsiest)

1. Having suds; having froth or lather like soapy water.
   • 1944 September, “Crash Fires: how to fight them”, in Air Force Magazine, volume 27, page 50:

     A widespread belief in the AAF is that foam—a heavy soapy, sudsy substance—is the principal agent used in crash fire fighting .

   • 1965, Cleanliness Bureau of the Soap & Detergent Association, Public Housing Administration, Simplified Housekeeping Directions for Homemakers, page 7:

     Use a sudsy sponge or cloth to wash the doors, both inside and outside. If the door can be lifted off, wash it at the sink with hot sudsy water.

   • 2010, Niobia Bryant, Live and Learn:

     “Yes, daddy,” I moaned, lying big-time as his finger played in my sudsy pussy. “Say please,” he ordered, taking my hand to circle around his gherkin.

   • 2018, Julia Kelly, Matchstick Man: The Story of a Relationship:

     There's an unstable stack of upturned plates and bowls on the draining board and an assortment of sudsy cutlery.

2. (television) Soapy; resembling a soap opera.
   • 2016, David Bianculli, The Platinum Age of Television […] , Anchor, →ISBN, page 140:

     By the end of that season, four sudsy series ranked in the Top 10: Dynasty in first place, Dallas second, Knots Landing ninth, and Falcon Crest tied for tenth.

Derived terms

• sudsily
• sudsiness