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froth
English
Etymology
From Middle English froth, frooth, froþ, likely a borrowing from Old Norse froða, from Proto-Germanic *fruþ?; Old English ?fr?oþan (“to foam, froth”) is from same Germanic root. Verb attested from late 14th century.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f???/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f???/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /f???/
- Rhymes: -??, Rhymes: -???
Noun
froth (countable and uncountable, plural froths)
- foam
- (figuratively) unimportant events or actions; drivel
- Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth?
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
froth (third-person singular simple present froths, present participle frothing, simple past and past participle frothed)
- (transitive) To create froth in (a liquid).
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book Two, Chapter 7, [1]
- One lacquey carried the chocolate-pot into the sacred presence; a second, milled and frothed the chocolate with the little instrument he bore for that function; a third, presented the favoured napkin; a fourth (he of the two gold watches), poured the chocolate out.
- I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book Two, Chapter 7, [1]
- (intransitive) (of a liquid) To bubble.
- 1842, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Wreck of the Hesperus,” lines 21-4, [2]
- Colder and louder blew the wind,
- A gale from the Northeast,
- The snow fell hissing in the brine,
- And the billows frothed like yeast.
- 1973, “Black Day in Brussels,” Time, 19 February, 1973, [3]
- English beer, along with European brews, is already the subject of an EEC investigation to determine whether additives like stabilizers (used to prevent frothing during shipment) should be allowed.
- 1842, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Wreck of the Hesperus,” lines 21-4, [2]
- (transitive) To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
- 1690, John Dryden, Don Sebastian, a Tragedy, Act I, Scene 1, [4]
- The Mufti reddens; mark that holy cheek.
- He frets within, froths treason at his mouth,
- And churns it thro’ his teeth […]
- 1859, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Merlin and Vivien” in Idylls of the King, [5]
- […] is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more?
- 1690, John Dryden, Don Sebastian, a Tragedy, Act I, Scene 1, [4]
- (intransitive) (literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.
- 1958, Nikos Kazantzakis, The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel (1938), translated by Kimon Friar, London: Secker and Warburg, Book XIII,
- The clumsy suckling struck out with her still soft claws,
- opened her frothing mouth until her milk teeth shone.
- 1962, “Riding Crime's Crest” in Time, 25 April, 1962, [6]
- As doctors tried in vain to save April's right eye, news stories frothed at her assailant. He was “fiendish” (the Examiner), “sadistic” (the News-Call Bulletin), “probably a sexual psychopath” (the Chronicle).
- 1958, Nikos Kazantzakis, The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel (1938), translated by Kimon Friar, London: Secker and Warburg, Book XIII,
- (transitive) To cover with froth.
- A horse froths his chain.
Translations
Derived terms
- frothy
- froth at the mouth
- froth up
References
Anagrams
- Forth, forth, forth-
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scum
English
Alternative forms
- skum (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English scum, scome, skum, skome, scumme, from Middle Dutch sch?me (“foam”), from Proto-Germanic *sk?maz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”). Cognate with Dutch schuim (“foam”), German Schaum (“foam”), Danish and Swedish skum (“foam”). Compare also French écume (“scum”), Italian schiuma (“foam”), Walloon schome (“scum, foam”), Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”) and skanus (“tasty”) from the same Germanic source. Related to skim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
scum (countable and uncountable, plural scums)
- (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
- (uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
- The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
- (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) semen
- (derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.
Synonyms
- (layer of impurities): dross, impurities
- (layer of impurities on molten metal): cinder, scoriae, slag
- (person considered reprehensible): bastard
Derived terms
- scumbag
- scummy
- scum of the earth
Translations
Verb
scum (third-person singular simple present scums, present participle scumming, simple past and past participle scummed)
- To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
- To remove (something) as scum.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- Some scumd the drosse, that from the metall came; / Some stird the molten owre with ladles great […].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- To become covered with scum.
- 1769, Elizabeth Raffald, The Experienced English House-keeper, pp.321-322:
- Take the smallest Cucumbers you can get, and as free from Spots as possible, put them into a strong Salt and Water for nine or ten Days, or 'till they are quite Yellow, and stir them twice a Day at least, or they will scum over, and grow soft
- 1769, Elizabeth Raffald, The Experienced English House-keeper, pp.321-322:
- (obsolete) To scour (the land, sea etc.).
- (obsolete) To gather together, as scum.
- 1815, Rudolf Ackerman and Frederic Shoberl, The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics:
- A great majority of the members are scummed together from the Jacobinical dregs of former periods of the revolution.
- 1815, Rudolf Ackerman and Frederic Shoberl, The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics:
- (video games, informal) To startscum or savescum.
Translations
Anagrams
- CMUs, MCUs, USMC, cums
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