frothy — İngilizce Sözlük

Sıfat

1. Foamy or churned to the point of becoming infused with bubbles.

   Örnekler

   I like my milkshakes frothy, not flat like this!

   Diğer örnekler (1)

   When this brown head was obtained the juice was drawn off into barrels, the lees were left in the keeve, and new juice was pumped upon these lees, this, however, produced a white frothy head, similar to that in the remaining keeves.

   The motion of this liquid layer was made visible by the small , frothy bubbles of vapor which were present in the film.

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   For a frothy result, in a blender blend the hot chocolate in batches.

2. Lightweight; lacking depth or substance.

   Kullanım

   • mecaz

   Örnekler

   songs with frothy lyrics

   a frothy argument

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   I cannot describe to you what pain I feel in repeating this light and frothy conversation, but I have compelled myself to give it you at some length, in order to lay before you, in its true light, the weakness of that heart which is not upheld by divine strength, and to shew you how little dependence can be placed on those who walk in their own strength, and are not divinely upheld.

   The frothy orator, who busked his tales In quackish pomp of noisy words

   Now, I ask those honourable gentlemen who have given us a good deal of frothy argument this evening, without much business basis in it, who is going to pay that bill?

3. Highly speculative; having high risk and high return.

   Örnekler

   But we have found it profitable to engage in some trading on our own account, generally in the rather frothy areas.

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   First, many of the welfare gains of the previous two decades or more turned out to have been illusory, as house and share prices tumbled, jobs disappeared and frothy investment opportunities collapsed.

   In such a “frothy” market, investors' interests would generally have been served by selling rather than purchasing assets—and, in fact, by returning committed capital to investors rather than deploying it, since acquisitions generally would not be accretive.

İsim

1. A serving of beer.

   Kullanım

   • Australia
   • in-plural
   • argo

Sıfat

1. emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   bubblingbubblyfoamingfoamyeffervescingspumy

   Örnekler

   bubbling champagne

   foamy (or frothy) beer

2. marked by high spirits or excitement

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   bubblingeffervescentscintillatingsparkly

   Örnekler

   his fertile effervescent mind

   scintillating personality

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   a row of sparkly cheerleaders