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Frothed vs Froshed - What's the difference?

frothed | froshed |

As verbs the difference between frothed and froshed

is that frothed is (froth) while froshed is (frosh).

frothed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (froth)

    • froth

    English

    Noun

  • foam
    • Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.
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  • (figuratively) unimportant events or actions; drivel
  • * L'Estrange
    • It was a long speech, but all froth .
    Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth ?

    Derived terms

    * froth fly * froth insect * froth spit * froth worm

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To create froth in.
    • I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly.
  • To bubble.
    • The chemical frothed up when I added the acid.
  • To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
  • * Dryden
    • He froths treason at his mouth.
  • * Tennyson
    • Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more?
  • To cover with froth.
    • A horse froths his chain.

    Derived terms

    * frothy * froth at the mouth

    Anagrams

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    References

    froshed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (frosh)

    • frosh

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) frosch, from (etyl) . See also (l), (l).

    Noun

    (froshes)
  • (dialectal) A frog.

    • Etymology 2

    From an alteration of freshman, under influence from (etyl) dialectal . Related to English (l) above.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (colloquial) A first year student, at certain universities.
    • That frosh is really getting on my nerves, just he wait till hell-week!
    Derived terms
    * prefrosh
    Synonyms
    * freshman * newbie * fresher (UK)

    Verb

  • (slang) To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.
    • This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.
  • (slang) To damage through incompetence.
    • Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.
    Derived terms
    * froshing
    Synonyms
    * (initiate) haze