Frothy

  • 1Frothy — Froth y, a. [Compar. {Frothier}; superl. {Frothiest}.] 1. Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light bubbles; spumous; foamy. [1913 Webster] 2. Not firm or solid; soft; unstable. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. Of the nature of froth; light; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2frothy — UK US /ˈfrɒθi/ adjective STOCK MARKET, FINANCE ► used to describe a market in which the prices of assets are beginning to rise above their real value because of high demand: »Anyone who invests in a market this frothy must surely realize it is… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 3frothy — index nugatory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 4frothy — 1530s, from FROTH (Cf. froth) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Frothiness …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 5frothy — [adj] bubbly barmy, bubbling, fermenting, fizzing, fizzy, foaming, foamy, soapy, spumescent, spumous, spumy, sudsy, with a head on*, yeasty; concept 485 Ant. flat …

    New thesaurus

  • 6frothy — [frôth′ē, frôth′ē] adj. frothier, frothiest 1. of, like, or covered with froth; foamy 2. light; trifling; worthless frothily adv. frothiness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 7frothy — UK [ˈfrɒθɪ] / US [ˈfrɔθɪ] adjective Word forms frothy : adjective frothy comparative frothier superlative frothiest 1) covered with or consisting of froth frothy coffee/milk Beat the egg whites until frothy. 2) enjoyable but not serious or… …

    English dictionary

  • 8frothy — froth|y [ frɔθi ] adjective 1. ) covered with or consisting of froth: frothy coffee/milk Beat the egg whites until frothy. 2. ) enjoyable but not serious or important: His new movie is a frothy romantic comedy. 3. ) forming a soft, light, and… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 9frothy — froth|y [ˈfrɔθi US ˈfro:θi] adj 1.) a liquid that is frothy has lots of small ↑bubbles on top ▪ a mug of frothy coffee 2.) a frothy book, film etc is enjoyable but not serious or important >frothily adv …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10frothy — adjective 1 a liquid that is frothy has lots of small bubble 1 (1) s on top: a cup of hot frothy cappuccino 2 a frothy book, film etc is enjoyable but not serious or important frothily adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English