Dictionary entry

Soapsuds

Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊpsʌdz/

Pronunciation

/ˈsəʊpsʌdz/

Myanmar Meaning

suds

Definition

soapsuds /'sǝƱpsʌdz / n [pl] = SUDS: He was up to his elbows in soapsuds, washing his shirts.

Examples

  1. ‘A few stray soapsuds had wandered onto my cut
  2. and it hurt like hell.’
  3. ‘I remember how Pat smelled - of sprinklers in summer
  4. soapsuds
  5. and strawberries.’
  6. ‘But once the new script has formally been adopted
  7. the storm is bound to collapse like soapsuds.’
  8. ‘As if he heard her
  9. Shadow came running down the hall
  10. soapsuds still in his coat.’
  11. ‘Despite her touching role as memory keeper
  12. she spent the last 20 years of her life suffering from a mental illness
  13. playing with a bowl of soapsuds
  14. and hiding from visitors.’
  15. ‘She was at the sink up to her elbows in soapsuds
  16. doing a little dance in place to a popular song playing on the radio.’
  17. ‘He said he immediately worried the soapsuds could have an effect on fish
  18. including trout and coho salmon
  19. that live in the lower reaches of the stream
  20. as well as other wildlife like ducks and herons.’
  21. ‘I unplug the drain and rinse the soapsuds from the sink.’
  22. ‘Lee wanders into the living room
  23. head still in a turban but considerably drier without the soapsuds
  24. and wrapped in a navy blue toweling robe.’
  25. ‘I took my shirt
  26. skirt and underclothes off and placed them in the same bucket of water and soapsuds as my stained jelly shirt.’
  27. ‘The tank had soapsuds covering the water for about two weeks and all my fish were pooping on a constant basis.’
  28. ‘A new technique for manufacturing identical bubbles produces foams that look more like crystals than soapsuds.’
  29. ‘‘True
  30. it might be a while since her last cleaning bout was about two weeks ago
  31. ’ I said as I flicked her back with more soapsuds.’