frothier; frothiest
1
: full of or consisting of froth
2
a
: gaily frivolous or light in content or treatment : insubstantial
a frothy comedy
b
: made of light thin material
Examples of frothy in a Sentence
a frothy dessert made of whipped egg whites and fruit puree
a frothy comedy that wouldn't exert the brain of a gnat
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Marissa Muller, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025
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—John Hodgman, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Marissa Muller, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025
Outside of the frothy boom-and-bust business of building small offshore oilfield support vessels, American shipbuilding has long been a sleepy, low-margin affair, driven only by a handful of Jones Act cargo ships certified to carry U.S. cargos from one U.S. port to another.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory View 2 Images A frothy breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), using lasers with a silver metal foam that's as light as air, has created the brightest yet X-ray source ever, twice as brilliant as that of anything previous.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 15 Jan. 2025
Ask for one at a dive or an airport lounge, and the only thing likely to get frothy is your annoyed bartender.
—John Hodgman, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Frothy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frothy. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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