Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Made of, covered with, or resembling froth; foamy.
- adjective Playfully frivolous in character or content.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of or accompanied with foam or froth; consisting of froth or light bubbles; spumous; foamy.
- Vain; light; unsubstantial; given to empty declamation; wordy: as, a frothy harangue; a frothy speaker.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light bubbles; spumous; foamy.
- adjective Not firm or solid; soft; unstable.
- adjective Of the nature of froth; light; empty; unsubstantial.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Foamy orchurned to the point of becominginfused withbubbles . - adjective figuratively
lightweight ; lacking depth or substance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by high spirits or excitement
- adjective emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
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Examples
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I believe you are referring to Santorum, which is also defined as a frothy mix of some sort.
Minnesota Supremes Reject Coleman Lawsuit, Clearing Way For Franken Win Later Today 2009
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Reports in the state of this condition - called frothy bloat - range geographically, roughly from Grayson County to eastern Kentucky to Cincinnati, said Jeff Lehmkuhler, an extension beef cattle specialist for the University of Kentucky.
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Also, if your surname is slang for a 'frothy' anal sex byproduct, best you steer clear of phrases like "Conservative stool."
HUFFPOST HILL - Rep. Chris Lee Steps Down Eliot Nelson 2011
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Also, if your surname is slang for a 'frothy' anal sex byproduct, best you steer clear of phrases like "Conservative stool."
HUFFPOST HILL - Rep. Chris Lee Steps Down Eliot Nelson 2011
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She wrote two other novels as well as a "frothy" late memoir, Life Itself!
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I do very much like writing in coffee shops, surrounded by people and with some kind of frothy coffee drink at my side.
Book Chick City Book Chick City 2009
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I'm not saying you are "frothy" but a lot of the froth on this issue presumes that Obama would pull a Cheney and jump to step 3 first.
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I think the point of the story is that the price/rent ratio has been a bit high in some of the more "frothy" areas.
Housing Rents and Bubbles, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Female critics -- the genre's most frequent, and thus its loudest -- are understandably afraid of having their entire sex tarred with the same "frothy" brush as their chick-lit writing counterparts.
Rachel Sklar: This Blog Post Is Not Chick Lit, Except That I'm Wearing Heels 2008
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This may not be the kind of frothy endorsement most presidential contenders covet.
sonofgroucho commented on the word frothy
"It's frothy man" (See Cresta on this page).
April 16, 2007
bilby commented on the word frothy
South African slang - a fit of temper.
February 26, 2008