froth

About 0.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Foam.

   Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.

2. noun Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel.

   Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth?

3. noun The idle rich.
4. noun Highly speculative investment.
5. verb To create froth in (a liquid).

   I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly.

6. verb (of a liquid) To bubble.
7. verb To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
8. verb (literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.

Similar words

spume effervesce foam suds fizz sparkle flotation brew scum mousse

Often followed by

of and flotation on at from is in that

Word family

frothed frothing froths