Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Consisting of or containing soap: soapy water.
- adj. Covered with soap: soapy hands.
- adj. Resembling soap: a soapy consistency.
- adj. Slang Unctuous; oily: soapy compliments.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Consisting of or containing soap; resembling soap; having some of the properties of soap; saponaceous.
- Smeared with soap: as, soapy hands.
- Belonging to or characteristic of soap: as, a soapy taste; a soapy feeling.
- Smooth-tongued; unctuous; plausible: flattering.
Wiktionary
- adj. resembling soap
- adj. resembling a soap opera
- adj. full of soap
- adj. covered in soap
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.
- adj. Smeared with soap; covered with soap.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. resembling or having the qualities of soap
- adj. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
Examples
“| X i've never seen the same Hawkwind line-up twice soapy @soapy | Send note | 16 Apr '09, 00: 00 | Reply”
“Also that if a second crop was taken from the same ground without fertilizing it, the melons would be small and what we called soapy; that is, soft and smooth, utterly uncrisp, and without a trace of the lively freshness and sweetness of those raised on virgin soil.”
“Ms. MICKY ALLISON: When the kids finished with them at school, she would bring them home and we would wash them, in soapy water, and we put an orange arm band around it and�then it progressed into the orange boxes.”
“The leads are very attractive and talented, which really helps when the film gets bogged down in soapy theatrics in its second half.”
“Yes, it soaked in soapy water for two weeks, every day I chipped away at them a little more.”
“By immersing it in soapy water, the junk gets dislodged and goes down the drain and out of your life.”
“Non-porous items such as plates may simply need to be washed in soapy water.”
“I just use the Carl Franz system: soak the laundry in soapy water in a tightly-covered bucket while you're driving.”
“Why does the bastard thing always wait until I'm covered in soapy foam and have just put conditioner on my hair?”
“I’ve soaked it in soapy water and scrubbed it; any other suggestions?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘soapy’.
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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Words to Describe The Taste of Food
This list seeks to address a pet annoyance of mine. It occurs when chefs, food critics and travel writers, usually on television, taste something that looks either delicious or unusual and then in...
unctuous, sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami, piquant, savory, tangy, luscious, delectable, brackish and 66 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, S
scrunch, solace, sabotage, saccade, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, sacristy, snappy, skew, steadfast, scowl, scorch and 781 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Spod's Words
corpulent, squidge, squiffy, sinuosity, ebullient, finger, penetrate, stimulate, recalcitrant, recidivist, dunnock, rococo and 152 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
Tweets
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chained_bear Only if it's dairy free.
Or Titus Andronicussword. Apr 14, 2009
bilby So it's too late to vote for Titus Andronicustard? Apr 14, 2009
pterodactyl Kudos to sionnach for his scrupulous adherence to the -cky rule (as seen in "picnicking" and "panicky"), even in silly contexts like this one. :-D Apr 14, 2009
chained_bear Too late! I bracketed it for you! Nyah! Apr 13, 2009
sionnach Sorry, c_b. You had me puzzled, as I figured you would know the play. I suppose if garlicky can be an adjective, then so could T.A.cky. oh, wait! That already is one...
Hope you had a lovely weekend Apr 13, 2009
chained_bear Yes, I'm familiar with the play. I was simultaneously expressing comic incredulity at the remark, and wondering why you didn't bracket your coinage of a new adjective. Apr 13, 2009
sionnach When the Emperor asks for Chiron and Demetrius, Titus reveals that they were in the pie Tamora has just been enjoying, and then kills Tamora. Apr 13, 2009
chained_bear ... Titus Andronicky?? Apr 13, 2009
sionnach Poor Rosemary. She always was a saponaceous ol' git. But baking her in a pie? Seems a bit Titus Andronicky. Apr 11, 2009
madmouth a flavor obtanined by overdose of rosemary in cooking Apr 11, 2009