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Dictionary Definition of froths
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froth noun 1. an aggregation of bubbles, as on a fermented liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam. 2. a foam of saliva or fluid resulting from disease. 3. something unsubstantial or evanescent, as idle talk; trivial ideas: But behind all the froth of the boy's talk there lurked, it seemed, a purpose. -- HENRY HANDEL RICHARDSON, 1917. -- verb (t) 4. to cover with froth. 5. to cause to foam. 6. to emit like froth. -- verb (i) 7. to give out froth; foam. [ME frothe, ? from Scandinavian; cf. Icel. frodha. Cf. also OE afreothan form froth] |
