froth

  • 21froth — [[t]frɔθ, frɒθ[/t]] n. 1) an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard driven horse; foam 2) pat a foam of saliva or fluid resulting from disease 3) something unsubstantial, trivial, or evanescent: The play was a… …

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  • 22froth — 1 noun 1 (singular, uncountable) small bubble 1 (1) s that form on top of a liquid that has air mixed in it: He carefully wiped the froth from his moustache. 2 (singular, uncountable) small, white bubble 1 (1) s of saliva around a person s or… …

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  • 23froth — 1. noun /frɒθ,frɑθ,frɔθ/ a) foam Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee. b) unimportant events or actions; drivel Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary …

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  • 24froth — [frɒθ] noun [singular/U] I a mass of small air BUBBLES that form on the surface of a liquid II verb [I] froth [frɒθ] to produce froth …

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  • 25froth — n. a beer. □ Would you like some froth? □ How about another pitcher of froth, innkeeper? …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 26froth — n. & v. n. 1 a a collection of small bubbles in liquid, caused by shaking, fermenting, etc.; foam. b impure matter on liquid, scum. 2 a idle talk or ideas. b anything unsubstantial or of little worth. v. 1 intr. emit or gather froth (frothing at… …

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  • 27Froth — Market conditions preceding an actual market bubble where asset prices become detached from their underlying intrinsic values as demand for those assets drives their prices to unsustainable levels. Market froth marks the beginning of… …

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  • 28froth — frɔθ /frɒθ n. foam, light frothy mass of bubbles; nonsense; something unsubstantial, something trivial or worthless v. cover with a mass of bubbles; churn to foam, cause to turn to froth …

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  • 29froth — noun 1》 a mass of small bubbles in liquid caused by agitation, fermentation, or salivating.     ↘impure matter that rises to the surface of liquid. 2》 worthless or insubstantial talk, ideas, or activities. verb form, produce, or contain froth.… …

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  • 30froth — 1. noun the froth on top of his beer Syn: foam, head; bubbles, frothiness, fizz, effervescence; lather, suds; scum; literary spume 2. verb the liquid frothed up Syn: bubble, fizz, effervesce, foam …

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