Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Suds

Suds , noun, plural

[Akin to sodden, seethe. See Seethe.]

Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth.
Collocations (1)
In the suds , in turmoil or difficulty. [Colloquial] — Beau. & Fl