Froth — Defs

01 n. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous exc…

1.
The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.
2.
Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought.
“It was a long speech, but all froth.” — L'Estrange.
3.
Light, unsubstantial matter.

Phrases & compounds

Froth insect — the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly.

Froth spit — See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.

02 v. t. To cause to foam.

imp. & p. p. Frothed

1.
To cause to foam.
2.
To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
“He . . . froths treason at his mouth.” — Dryden.

“Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more?” — Tennyson.
3.
To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.

03 v. i. To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.

1.
To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.