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sud

/sʌd/

sud noun: a bubble of lather or foam (the singular of suds).

Noun (1)

sud (plural suds)

  1. (informal) A bubble of lather or foam (the singular of suds).
    • There is a beer sud parked on her upper lip.2018, Derek B. Miller, American By Day, page 114

Noun (2) capitalized: SUD

SUD (plural SUDs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of subjective unit of disturbance.
  2. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of substance use disorder.
  3. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of sudden unexplained death.

Proper noun capitalized: Sud

Sud

  1. A department in Haiti.

Forms of sud

pluralsuds
pluralSUDs

Origin of sud

From a variation of sod, itself a shortening of sodden. Related to seethe.

Words formed from sud

Phrases with sud

Words that rhyme with sud

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Questions about sud

What does sud mean?
Sud means a bubble of lather or foam (the singular of suds).
What part of speech is sud?
Sud can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sud?
Sud is pronounced /sʌd/.
What is the plural of sud?
The plural of sud is suds.

Words near sud in the dictionary

  1. suctorians
  2. suctorious
  3. Sucumbíos
  4. sucuruju
  5. sucurujus
  6. sud
  7. Sud Chichas
  8. Sud-Est
  9. Sud-Ouest
  10. Suda
  11. sudachi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sud (page history and authors); SUD (page history and authors); Sud (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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