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froth

  [frawth, froth]
–noun
1. an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
2. a foam of saliva or fluid resulting from disease.
3. something unsubstantial, trivial, or evanescent: The play was a charming bit of froth.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cover with froth: giant waves frothing the sand.
5. to cause to foam: to froth egg whites with a whisk.
6. to emit like froth: a demagogue frothing his hate.
–verb (used without object)
7. to give out froth; foam: frothing at the mouth.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME frothe < ON frotha froth, scum

Related forms:
froth⋅⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
3. triviality, frivolity, fluff, nonsense.
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froth   (frôth, frŏth)   
n.  

  1. A mass of bubbles in or on a liquid; foam.

  2. Salivary foam released as a result of disease or exhaustion.

  3. Something unsubstantial or trivial.

  4. A fit of resentment or vexation: was in a froth over the long delay.

v.   also (frôth, frŏth) frothed, froth·ing, froths

v.   tr.

  1. To cover with foam.

  2. To cause to foam.

v.   intr.
To exude or expel foam.

[Middle English, from Old Norse frodha.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
froth

  1. n.
    a beer. : How about another pitcher of frost, innkeeper?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

froth 
c.1300, from O.N. froða, from Gmc. *freuth-. O.E. had afreoðan "to froth," from the same root.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1froth
Pronunciation: 'froth
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural froths /'froths, 'frothz/
: afoamy slaver sometimes accompanying disease or exhaustion

Main Entry: 2froth
Pronunciation: 'froth, 'froth
Function: transitive verb
: to foam at the mouth
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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