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froth

/fɹɑθ/

noun

Meaning

  • Foam

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

  • Unimportant events or actions; drivel

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

verb

Meaning

  • To create froth in (a liquid).

    "I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly."

  • (of a liquid) To bubble.

  • To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.

  • (literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.

  • To cover with froth.

    "A horse froths his chain."