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Froth

Froth Meaning & Definition
Froth Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Froth?

[n] a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
[v] make froth, become bubbly; "The river foamed"
[v] of liquids; "The boiling soup was frothing"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Froth: effervesce | fizz | foam | foam | sparkle | spume | suds

Related Terms | Find terms related to Froth: aerate | air | alluvion | alluvium | ash | babble | beat | breakers | bric-a-brac | bubble | bubbles | chaff | chicken feed | chickenshit | chip | cinder | clinker | cobweb | collar | cork | cream | deposition | deposits | details | diluvium | down | draff | dregs | dribble | drivel | drool | dross | dust | effervesce | ember | ether | expectoration | fairy | feather | feces | fizz | flippancy | flue | fluff | foam | frivolity | fuzz | gab | gas | gibberish | gimcrackery | gossamer | grounds | head | hot air | knickknackery | lather | lees | levity | lightness | loess | mantle | meringue | minutiae | moraine | mote | mousse | mouth-watering | nonsense | offscum | peanuts | piffle | plash | precipitate | precipitation | ptyalism | puff | rubbish | saliva | salivate | salivation | scoria | scud | scum | sea foam | sediment | settlings | shower | sialagogue | silt | sinter | slabber | slag | slaver | slobber | slosh | small beer | small change | smut | soapsuds | soot | souffle | sparge | spatter | spindrift | spit | spittle | splash | splatter | sponge | spoondrift | spray | sprinkle | spume | sputum | stinging | straw | sublimate | sud | suds | surf | swash | thistledown | trash | trifles | trivia | trumpery | twaddle | whip | whisk | white water | yeast

See Also | bubble | bubble | create | head | lather | lather | make | shaving foam | soapsuds | spume | suds | white water

Froth In Webster's Dictionary

\Froth\, n. [OE. frothe, Icel. fro[eth]a; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. [=a]freo[eth]an to froth.] 1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement. 2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. --Johnson. It was a long speech, but all froth. --L'Estrange. 3. Light, unsubstantial matter. --Tusser. {Froth insect} (Zo["o]l.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also {froth spit}, {froth worm}, and {froth fly}. {Froth spit}. See {Cuckoo spit}, under Cuckoo.
\Froth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frothed}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Frothing}.] 1. To cause to foam. 2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. He . . . froths treason at his mouth. --Dryden. Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more? --Tennyson. 3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.
\Froth\, v. i. To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.

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