Frothing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Froth \Froth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frothed}; p. pr. & vb. n..
     {Frothing}.]
     1. To cause to foam.
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     2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.


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              He . . . froths treason at his mouth. --Dryden.
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              Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more?
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frothing \Froth"ing\, n.
     Exaggerated declamation; rant.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  frothing
       adj 1: covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being
              agitated by beating or heating; "the bubbling candy
              mixture"; "a cup of foaming cocoa"; "frothy
              milkshakes"; "frothy waves"; "spumy surf" [syn: {bubbling},
               {foaming}, {foamy}, {spumous}, {spumy}, {sudsy}]
       2: producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from
          exhaustion or disease; "the rabid animal's frothing mouth"
          [syn: {foaming}, {foamy}]