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| 1. | [ adjective ] relating to or containing gas bubbles | |
| Synonyms: | frothy | |
| Related terms: | gaseous | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease | |
| Synonyms: | frothing foaming | |
| Examples: | "the rabid animal's frothing mouth" |
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| Related terms: | unhealthy | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | |
| Synonyms: | bubbly foaming frothy effervescing bubbling | |
| Examples: | "bubbling champagne" "foamy (or frothy) beer" |
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| Related terms: | effervescent | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being agitated by beating or heating | |
| Synonyms: | frothing foaming spumous spumy sudsy bubbling | |
| Examples: | "the bubbling candy mixture" "a cup of foaming cocoa" "frothy milkshakes" "frothy waves" "spumy surf" |
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| Related terms: | agitated | |
| Similar spelling: |
foam |
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