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foam
English
Etymology
From Middle English fome, fom, from Old English f?m, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHy-m-os, from *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Cognate with German Feim (“foam”), Latin sp?ma (“foam”), Latin p?mex (“pumice”), Sanskrit ??? (phéna, “foam”), possibly Northern Kurdish fê (“epilepsy”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: f?m, IPA(key): /fo?m/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: f?m, IPA(key): /f??m/
- Rhymes: -??m
Noun
foam (countable and uncountable, plural foams)
- A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains.
- A substance formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
- (by extension) Sea foam; (figuratively, poetic) the sea.
- Fury.
Derived terms
- foamflower
- foaminess
- foamless
- foam rubber
- foamy
- shaving foam
- spray foam
Translations
Verb
foam (third-person singular simple present foams, present participle foaming, simple past and past participle foamed)
- (intransitive) To form or emit foam.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene 6, [1]
- […] And that is it
- Hath made me rig my navy; at whose burthen
- The anger'd ocean foams; with which I meant
- To scourge the ingratitude that despiteful Rome
- Cast on my noble father.
- 1706, Isaac Watts, “The Day of Judgement,” lines 1-2, [2]
- When the fierce North-wind with his airy forces
- Rears up the Baltic to a foaming fury;
- 1908, G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday, Chapter 8, [3]
- They were both silent for a measure of moments, and then Syme's speech came with a rush, like the sudden foaming of champagne.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene 6, [1]
- (intransitive) To spew saliva as foam, to foam at the mouth.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act II, Scene 1, [4]
- […] to London will we march amain,
- And once again bestride our foaming steeds,
- And once again cry ‘Charge upon our foes!’
- But never once again turn back and fly.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Mark 9:17-18, [5]
- Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away.
- 1748, John Cleland, Fanny Hill, Letter the First, Part 1, [6]
- But I was talking to the wind; for whether my tears, my attitude, or the disorder of my dress prov'd fresh incentives, or whether he was not under the dominion of desires he could not bridle, but snorting and foaming with lust and rage, he renews his attack, seizes me, and again attempts to extend and fix me on the settee […]
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act II, Scene 1, [4]
Derived terms
- foam at the mouth
- foamer
- foaming
- foam up
Translations
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cheesehead
English
Etymology
cheese +? head, in reference to the cheese production of these regions.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??i?z?h?d/
Noun
cheesehead (plural cheeseheads)
- (slang) A person from Wisconsin.
- (slang) A fan of the Green Bay Packers (an American football team of Wisconsin), some of whom wear foam hats shaped like wedges of cheese.
- (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A German, Dutch, or Scandinavian person.
- (slang, derogatory) A blockhead, a stupid person.
- (slang, used in the European Union) A white person from the Netherlands or having Dutch heritage.
- (slang) Someone who eats a lot of cheese.
- July 1993, Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, "Say Cheese!" in Vegetarian Times, No. 191, p. 85:
- Having spent several days eating rich cheese dishes while observing that the Swiss are, in general, a slim and fit population — so unlike the cheeseheads I've known at home — I had to ask: "Just how much cheese do you eat?"
- 2006, Patricia Cobe in Restaurant Business, Volume 105, p. 60:
- AMERICA IS TURNING INTO A NATION OF CHEESEHEADS. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION nearly tripled in the last 30 years, from 11 pounds to 31 pounds, with roughly 60 percent of that gain coming through foodservice, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- 2008, ed. Malcolm Abrams, Bloom, Vol. 3, Issue 1, p. 26:
- Good News for Cheeseheads! Those of us in Bloomington who are fiends for good cheese have long faced a choice […]
- July 1993, Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, "Say Cheese!" in Vegetarian Times, No. 191, p. 85:
Anagrams
- head cheese, headcheese
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