Soapy
adjective
Something that is like soap or is covered with soap.
He washed his hands with soapy water.
Often appears as...
- soapy water
- soapy hands
adjective
Something that is excessively smooth or unctuous, often in speech or manner.
His soapy compliments made her uncomfortable.
Often appears as...
- soapy compliments
- soapy praise
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Relating to soap operas or having characteristics similar to a soap opera.
The soapy drama of the TV show made it popular among viewers.
Often appears as...
- soapy drama
- soapy tv show
Usage tips
Colloquial
adjective
Something that is like soap or is covered with soap.
He washed his hands with soapy water.
Often appears as...
- soapy water
- soapy hands
adjective
Something that is excessively smooth or unctuous, often in speech or manner.
His soapy compliments made her uncomfortable.
Often appears as...
- soapy compliments
- soapy praise
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Relating to soap operas or having characteristics similar to a soap opera.
The soapy drama of the TV show made it popular among viewers.
Often appears as...
- soapy drama
- soapy tv show
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Clean
Use 'soapy' to describe things that have actual soap on them, not just water.
After scrubbing, his car was covered in soapy suds.
Pro Tip 2/3Visible Soap
'Soapy' implies you can see or feel the soap, not that it's just dissolved or present.
She left the dishes in the sink with soapy residue.
Pro Tip 3/3Slippery Texture
Something 'soapy' often means it's slippery to touch, like when soap is on your hands.
Be careful with the soapy plates, they might slip!
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Clean
Use 'soapy' to describe things that have actual soap on them, not just water.
After scrubbing, his car was covered in soapy suds.
Pro Tip 2/3Visible Soap
'Soapy' implies you can see or feel the soap, not that it's just dissolved or present.
She left the dishes in the sink with soapy residue.
Pro Tip 3/3Slippery Texture
Something 'soapy' often means it's slippery to touch, like when soap is on your hands.
Be careful with the soapy plates, they might slip!
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Clean
Use 'soapy' to describe things that have actual soap on them, not just water.
After scrubbing, his car was covered in soapy suds.
Pro Tip 2/3Visible Soap
'Soapy' implies you can see or feel the soap, not that it's just dissolved or present.
She left the dishes in the sink with soapy residue.
Pro Tip 3/3Slippery Texture
Something 'soapy' often means it's slippery to touch, like when soap is on your hands.
Be careful with the soapy plates, they might slip!
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Video examples
Shaving Foam PIPE...
atmospheric pressure which ends up liquefying some of the propellant meaning it actually dissolves in the soapy mixture below when you press this button the propellant gas at the top expands pushing the liquid down which in turn pushes it up through the straw out the nozzle and into the world now here
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Why our universe might...
opens up new universes, literally. It has been speculated that our universe is only a bubble in a soapy multiverse made out of a multitude of bubbles, and each bubble is a different universe with different fundamental constants
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How to make a mummy -...
But natron isn't just any salt. It's mainly a mixture of two alkaline salts, soda ash and baking soda. Alkaline salts are especially deadly to bacteria. And they can turn fatty membranes into a hard, soapy substance,
Video examples
Shaving Foam PIPE...
atmospheric pressure which ends up liquefying some of the propellant meaning it actually dissolves in the soapy mixture below when you press this button the propellant gas at the top expands pushing the liquid down which in turn pushes it up through the straw out the nozzle and into the world now here
Video examples
Why our universe might...
opens up new universes, literally. It has been speculated that our universe is only a bubble in a soapy multiverse made out of a multitude of bubbles, and each bubble is a different universe with different fundamental constants
Video examples
How to make a mummy -...
But natron isn't just any salt. It's mainly a mixture of two alkaline salts, soda ash and baking soda. Alkaline salts are especially deadly to bacteria. And they can turn fatty membranes into a hard, soapy substance,
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Quote examples
Claire Tomalin
English Author
One of my most vivid memories of the mid-1950s is of crying into a washbasin full of soapy grey baby clothes - there were no washing machines - while my handsome and adored husband was off playing football in the park on Sunday morning with all the delightful young men who had been friends to both of us at Cambridge three years earlier.
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Jes Macallan
American Actress
When I was first pitched the show, I was like, 'Oh, God, a soapy show called 'Mistresses.'' But it wasn't that at all. It wasn't a bunch of women pulling guns on each other and stabbing each other in the back. We really have a core friendship.
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Adam Cohen
American Journalist
When tulip mania dies down, all that remains are pretty flowers. When bubbles burst, nothing is left but soapy residue. But the Internet revolution, for all its speculative excesses, really is changing the world.
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Jill Soloway
American Comedian
I always love the soapy conflicts between somebody's family of origin and their new family - 'Do I have Thanksgiving at my husband's parents' house, or at my parents' house?
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Brandi Rhodes
American Wrestler
AEW is all about the bell to bell action. You're going to get more wrestling and less soapy backstage drama.
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June Brown
English Actress
I didn't want my book to be soapy - maybe it's my vanity but I think I can write better than that.
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Jamelia
English Musician
I used to be a window cleaner. I got fired because I sometimes liked to drink the soapy water.
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Sallie Patrick
American Producer
We loved the original 'Dynasty' - the camp and the big, surprising, soapy twists.
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Claire Tomalin
English Author
One of my most vivid memories of the mid-1950s is of crying into a washbasin full of soapy grey baby clothes - there were no washing machines - while my handsome and adored husband was off playing football in the park on Sunday morning with all the delightful young men who had been friends to both of us at Cambridge three years earlier.
Quote examples
Jes Macallan
American Actress
When I was first pitched the show, I was like, 'Oh, God, a soapy show called 'Mistresses.'' But it wasn't that at all. It wasn't a bunch of women pulling guns on each other and stabbing each other in the back. We really have a core friendship.
Quote examples
Adam Cohen
American Journalist
When tulip mania dies down, all that remains are pretty flowers. When bubbles burst, nothing is left but soapy residue. But the Internet revolution, for all its speculative excesses, really is changing the world.
Quote examples
Jill Soloway
American Comedian
I always love the soapy conflicts between somebody's family of origin and their new family - 'Do I have Thanksgiving at my husband's parents' house, or at my parents' house?
Quote examples
Brandi Rhodes
American Wrestler
AEW is all about the bell to bell action. You're going to get more wrestling and less soapy backstage drama.
Quote examples
June Brown
English Actress
I didn't want my book to be soapy - maybe it's my vanity but I think I can write better than that.
Quote examples
Jamelia
English Musician
I used to be a window cleaner. I got fired because I sometimes liked to drink the soapy water.
Quote examples
Sallie Patrick
American Producer
We loved the original 'Dynasty' - the camp and the big, surprising, soapy twists.
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