Material, stuff (for a particular purpose); now esp. in Scottish soapy water, soap-suds. (Cf. gear, n. 10.)

Water impregnated with soap for washing, esp. when hot.

A froth or foam made by the agitation of a mixture of soap and water.

Water impregnated with dissolved soap, esp. water in which clothes have been washed.

Soapsuds; (also) bubbly or frothy water resembling soapsuds. Obsolete.

= soap-suds, n. Chiefly in attributive use.

plural. Soap suds, soap bubbles. Also transferred.

The commonest method of washing, used in phrases referring to standards of personal cleanliness. Also attributive.

singular. A soap solution.