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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.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME frothe < ON frotha froth, scum


froth⋅⋅er, noun


3. triviality, frivolity, fluff, nonsense.
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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: 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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