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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or quality of being frothy.
  • noun Wordiness; verbosity without sense or serious import.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun State or quality of being frothy.

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  • noun The quality of being frothy

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the property of giving off bubbles

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Examples

  • £634/oz. Gold's short term frothiness after sharp gains has led to profit taking and an expected correction back down to previous resistance at the $1,030/oz level.

    FXstreet.com 2009

  • Nonetheless, Hughes says that not only is market "frothiness" confined to the swankiest neighborhoods, but that the commercial and office sector, where cooler heads prevail, is largely unaffected.

    China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2010

  • It has the sure hand of his mid-career books but the frothiness of his med school books.

    Nutty As : Bev Vincent 2009

  • "Together, the yuan's appreciation and booming housing prices are thought to have contributed to the frothiness in the property market, perhaps risking an inflationary spiral or financial crisis," said Hui Qiangjian, a senior researcher at E-house R&D Institute in Shanghai.

    China Housing Market: Government Moves To Curb Lending Again AP 2010

  • With valuations sky-rocketing, questions are being raised about the building frothiness in the market and its sustainability.

    IPO Price is a Balancing Act Samita Sawardekar 2011

  • Analysts said that the moves may also do little to help take away the frothiness of the yen, which continues to grow in strength, despite other drastic measures to keep the currency in check.

    Bank of Japan Tries New Policies Megumi Fujikawa 2010

  • And some owners of young companies are hoping today's frothiness won't dry up tomorrow's tech IPO market.

    Bubble Talk Surfaces in Web IPOs Shira Ovide 2011

  • "That was almost a relief that it also didn't take off, in that might portend frothiness," says Scott Sweet, managing director of research firm IPOBoutique. com, of China Ming Yang.

    Chinese IPOs Get Kinder Welcome in U.S. Lynn Cowan 2010

  • With valuations sky-rocketing, questions are being raised about the building frothiness in the market and its sustainability.

    IPO Price is a Balancing Act Samita Sawardekar 2011

  • Those kind of first-day pops inevitably bring to mind frothiness.

    Chinese IPOs Get Kinder Welcome in U.S. Lynn Cowan 2010

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