froth

Meanings

Plural: froths

Noun

a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
Foam.
Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel.
The idle rich.
Highly speculative investment.

Verb

become bubbly or frothy or foaming
- "The boiling soup was frothing"
make froth or foam and become bubbly
exude or expel foam
- "the angry man was frothing at the mouth"
To create froth in (a liquid).
(of a liquid) To bubble.
To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
(literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.
To cover with froth.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English froth, frooth, froþ, likely a borrowing from Old Norse froða, from Proto-Germanic *fruþǭ; Old English āfrēoþan (“to foam, froth”) is from same Germanic root. Verb attested from late 14th century. Compare Swedish fradga.

Synonyms

effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, sparkle, spume, suds

Scrabble Score: 11

froth is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
froth is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
froth is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

froth is a valid Words With Friends word