as in bubbly
covered with, consisting of, or resembling foam came out of the bathroom with her hair all sudsy because someone had turned off the water

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Recent Examples of sudsy Tidy the junk drawer Place a recycle bin and trash bin nearby, and set up a towel or old sheet and a bowl of sudsy water. Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 Nov. 2023 The clip shows Finn frolicking and diving around in sudsy water in his enclosure while zoo visitors watch with smiles. Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023 For heavy grease build-up and stuck-on splatters, wipe your microwave door down with an all-purpose grease-cutting cleaner (like Mr. Clean Deep Cleaning Mist ) or a sudsy mix of dish soap and water. Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2023 This should look similar to a sudsy bath, and the egg whites won't really hold their shape. Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 23 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for sudsy 
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Adjective
  • The difference is subtle, but the fine filter creates milk that's a bit bubblier than the ultrafine filter.
    Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
  • But concerts also start feeling poppier and bubblier in springtime, perhaps in anticipation of the even warmer, wilder and grander music events of festival-frenzied summertime.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • With its light and foamy texture, this surges softness, shine, and body to limp hair.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2024
  • With a lightweight texture, the foamy salve softens the hair while adding body and shine, and its body-boosting effects are instant.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Meanwhile Paltrow wore a frothy sheer gown by Valentino Alessandro Michele from Valentino’s spring and Apple Martin’s brother Moses wore a Valentino suit.
    Marissa Muller, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Outside of the frothy boom-and-bust business of building small offshore oilfield support vessels, American shipbuilding has long been a sleepy, low-margin affair, driven only by a handful of Jones Act cargo ships certified to carry U.S. cargos from one U.S. port to another.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Sudsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sudsy. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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