Froth
Froth , noun
[Old English frothe, Icelandic froea; akin to Danish fraade, Swedish fradga, Anglo-Saxon āfreoean to froth.]
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. — Johnson
It was a long speech, but all froth.
3.
Light, unsubstantial matter. — Tusser
Collocations (2)
Froth insect (Zoology) , the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly.
Froth spit , See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Froth , transitive verb
1.
To cause to foam.
2.
To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
He... froths treason at his mouth.
Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more?
3.
To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.
Froth , intransitive verb
To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.