Froth
noun
Small white bubbles produced by liquid when stirred or shaken.
There was froth at the top of the beer.
Often appears as...
- froth at the mouth
- froth in a coffee
verb
To create small white bubbles in a liquid by stirring or shaking.
She frothed the milk for the cappuccino.
Often appears as...
- froth milk
- froth a drink
verb
To be extremely angry or excited, often to the point where one loses control.
He was frothing at the mouth with rage.
Often appears as...
- froth at the mouth
- froth with anger
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
Small white bubbles produced by liquid when stirred or shaken.
There was froth at the top of the beer.
Often appears as...
- froth at the mouth
- froth in a coffee
verb
To create small white bubbles in a liquid by stirring or shaking.
She frothed the milk for the cappuccino.
Often appears as...
- froth milk
- froth a drink
verb
To be extremely angry or excited, often to the point where one loses control.
He was frothing at the mouth with rage.
Often appears as...
- froth at the mouth
- froth with anger
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Stirring/Shaking Result
Froth often appears after stimulating a liquid, like shaking soda or whisking coffee creamer.
By vigorously shaking the bottle, he created froth on the lemonade.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Cue
Froth is a good visual indicator of well-prepared drinks like coffee or beer.
The barista served the cappuccino with perfect froth on top.
Pro Tip 3/3Quality Indicator
Froth can also suggest a drink's quality, with creamy froth being desirable in coffees.
The creamy froth is a sign of a good espresso shot.
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Video examples
Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
here's how the desert sand meets the sea and vice versa the foam is the result of these strong offshore winds that whip the biomass of phytoplankton into a froth consider it something like marine egg whites like other major fisheries the Benguela current marine life has
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The history of chocolate...
of the native cacao tree. The earliest records tell us the beans were ground and mixed with cornmeal and chili peppers to create a drink - not a relaxing cup of hot cocoa, but a bitter, invigorating concoction frothing with foam.
Video examples
Why does the universe...
the theory of inflation, which predicts a big, infinite, messy, arbitrary, pointless reality, it's like a big frothing champagne coming out of a bottle endlessly, a vast universe, mostly a wasteland
Video examples
Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
here's how the desert sand meets the sea and vice versa the foam is the result of these strong offshore winds that whip the biomass of phytoplankton into a froth consider it something like marine egg whites like other major fisheries the Benguela current marine life has
Video examples
The history of chocolate...
of the native cacao tree. The earliest records tell us the beans were ground and mixed with cornmeal and chili peppers to create a drink - not a relaxing cup of hot cocoa, but a bitter, invigorating concoction frothing with foam.
Video examples
Why does the universe...
the theory of inflation, which predicts a big, infinite, messy, arbitrary, pointless reality, it's like a big frothing champagne coming out of a bottle endlessly, a vast universe, mostly a wasteland
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Sophie Kinsella
American Author
Being a journalist is good if you want to write books: it teaches you to get beyond the blank screen. My books have been described as froth, but there's scope to be witty and ironic about everything in life.
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Jeffrey Sachs
American Economist
There's a lot of strength in the U.S., but there's a lot of froth also. The froth will blow off. We're going to have to face up to some realities that we're not fully facing up to right now.
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Sue Hubbell
American Author
Greer is Missouri's second-largest spring. It is a place of pounding, frothing waters and of greeny-cool moss-covered rock, a place of fern and cliffy splendor.
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Indian Businessman
Bull markets have valuation froth and bull markets have commitment forth. Now just by valuation froth, bull markets do not end.
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Greg Gutfeld
American Author
The frothing Trump-haters' extremism turns whatever criticism they have for the guy into mere parody.
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George MacDonald
Scottish Novelist
You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.
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Gail Bradbrook
British Activist
We've tickled the nose of the tiger, the establishment are frothing at the mouth.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.
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John McCarthy
American Politician
Language is froth on the surface of thought.
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Michael Ball
English Actor
Musicals aren't two-dimensional froth.
Quote examples
Sophie Kinsella
American Author
Being a journalist is good if you want to write books: it teaches you to get beyond the blank screen. My books have been described as froth, but there's scope to be witty and ironic about everything in life.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Sachs
American Economist
There's a lot of strength in the U.S., but there's a lot of froth also. The froth will blow off. We're going to have to face up to some realities that we're not fully facing up to right now.
Quote examples
Sue Hubbell
American Author
Greer is Missouri's second-largest spring. It is a place of pounding, frothing waters and of greeny-cool moss-covered rock, a place of fern and cliffy splendor.
Quote examples
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Indian Businessman
Bull markets have valuation froth and bull markets have commitment forth. Now just by valuation froth, bull markets do not end.
Quote examples
Greg Gutfeld
American Author
The frothing Trump-haters' extremism turns whatever criticism they have for the guy into mere parody.
Quote examples
George MacDonald
Scottish Novelist
You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.
Quote examples
Gail Bradbrook
British Activist
We've tickled the nose of the tiger, the establishment are frothing at the mouth.
Quote examples
Voltaire
French Writer
Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.
Quote examples
John McCarthy
American Politician
Language is froth on the surface of thought.
Quote examples
Michael Ball
English Actor
Musicals aren't two-dimensional froth.
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