Hypertext Webster Gateway: "frothy"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Frothy \Froth"y\, a. [Compar. {Frothier}; superl. {Frothiest}.]
1. Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light
bubbles; spumous; foamy.

2. Not firm or solid; soft; unstable. --Bacon.

3. Of the nature of froth; light; empty; unsubstantial; as, a
frothy speaker or harangue. --Tillotson.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

frothy
adj 1: emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or
fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy)
beer" [syn: {bubbling}, {bubbly}, {foaming}, {foamy},
{effervescing}]
2: relating to or containing gas bubbles [syn: {foamy}]


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