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froth

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒθ/

The English word “froth” has 9 meanings listed here.

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.

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.

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