soapsuds
Americannoun
plural noun
Other Word Forms
- soapsudsy adjective
Etymology
Origin of soapsuds
Example Sentences
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Huntley painted a picture of a hosepipe, a bucket of water and soapsuds - and that of a man and his dog larking about.
From BBC
“On one given day the Soap Bubble Room is out of soapsuds,” a journalist from The Post wrote after a visit in 1994, the year Ms. Lewin-Benham stepped down.
From Washington Post
She was up to her wrists in soapsuds and called out to us to be careful as we whizzed back outside.
From Literature
She had been wearing a swimsuit in the tub, she said, and “the soapsuds were up to my neck.”
From New York Times
And bubbles are everywhere, on every scale, once you start looking: high-tech drug-delivery mechanisms, emulsified salad dressings, soapsuds, black holes and beyond.
From New York Times
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