English Explanatory Dictionary

froth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Foam.
  2. Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel.
  3. The idle rich.
  4. Highly speculative investment.
verb
  1. To create froth in (a liquid).
  2. (of a liquid) To bubble.
  3. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
  4. (literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.
  5. To cover with froth.

Pronunciation

/fɹɒθ/ /fɹɔθ/ /fɹɑθ/ en-us-froth.ogg

Word forms

froth froths frothing frothed

Etymology

From Middle English froth, frooth, froþ, likely a borrowing from Old Norse froða, from Proto-Germanic *fruþǭ; Old English āfrēoþan (“to foam, froth”) is from same Germanic root. Verb attested from late 14th century. Compare Swedish fradga.

Derived words

afroth frother frothery froth flotation froth fly froth-hopper froth insect frothless froth pack frothsome froth spit froth worm frothy froth at the gash froth at the mouth froth up
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