1
a
: bubbles formed in or on a liquid : foam
b
: a foamy slaver sometimes accompanying disease or exhaustion
2
: something resembling froth (as in being unsubstantial, worthless, or light and airy)
frothed; frothing; froths
1
: to foam at the mouth
2
: to throw froth out or up
3
: to become covered with or as if with froth
whole groves froth with nodding blossoms—
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Noun
news shows full of froth
froth on the ocean waves
Verb
The water frothed as the waves broke along the shore.
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Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Signs of froth have been emerging, however, and stock pickers are being forced to navigate a market that has a wide gap between expensive stocks and companies trading at reasonable valuations.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Milk and milk alternatives are frothed with an automatic steaming wand, which results in some seriously velvety foam.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The Danish Air Force dispatched an F-16 interceptor, which captured images of what was unmistakably a huge gas leak: escaping methane had turned the water’s surface into a bubbling froth.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Signs of froth have been emerging, however, and stock pickers are being forced to navigate a market that has a wide gap between expensive stocks and companies trading at reasonable valuations.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
The shaking motion froths the beverage and blends the drinks.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Milk and milk alternatives are frothed with an automatic steaming wand, which results in some seriously velvety foam.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Froth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/froth. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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froth
1 of 2 noun
plural froths
1
a
: bubbles formed in or on a liquid
b
: the foam produced by saliva in certain diseases or nervous excitement
2
: something of little value
frothily
adverb
ˈfrȯ-thə-lē
frothiness
noun
-thē-nəs
frothy
adjective
-thē
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