froth

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɹɒθ/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɹɔθ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /fɹɑθ/ Rhymes: -ɒθ, Rhymes: -ɔːθ === Noun === froth (countable and uncountable, plural froths) Foam. (figuratively) Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel. The idle rich. (business) Highly speculative investment. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === froth (third-person singular simple present froths, present participle frothing, simple past and past participle frothed) (transitive) To create froth in (a liquid). (intransitive) (of a liquid) To bubble. (transitive) To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. (intransitive) (literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger. (transitive) To cover with froth. ==== Derived terms ==== frothy froth at the gash froth at the mouth froth up ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Forth, forth, forth-