"froth at the mouth" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈfɹɒθ ət ðə ˈmaʊθ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɹɔθ ət ðə ˈmaʊθ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-froth at the mouth.ogg [Australia] Forms: froths at the mouth [present, singular, third-person], frothing at the mouth [participle, present], frothed at the mouth [participle, past], frothed at the mouth [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} froth at the mouth (third-person singular simple present froths at the mouth, present participle frothing at the mouth, simple past and past participle frothed at the mouth)
  1. To spew saliva as froth. Synonyms: foam at the mouth, froth at the gash Translations (spew saliva as froth): ἀφρίζω (aphrízō) (Ancient Greek), 口吐白沫 (kǒutǔbáimò) (Chinese Mandarin), tulla vaahtoa suusta (Finnish), botar escuma pola boca (Galician), habzik a szája (Hungarian), tugga fradga (Swedish), fradga (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-froth_at_the_mouth-en-verb--ys1mRjy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'spew saliva as froth': 98 2
  2. (figurative) To rage, to vent one's anger. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Anger Translations (rage): 大發雷霆 (Chinese Mandarin), 大发雷霆 (dàfāléitíng) (Chinese Mandarin), vaahdota (Finnish), écumer de rage (French), fulminer (French), rabiar (Galician), tajtékzik (mérgében/a dühtől) (Hungarian), kua puhipuhi te tero o Tāwhiri [slang] (Maori), mieć pianę na ustach [imperfective] (Polish), с пе́ной у рта (s pénoj u rta) (Russian), echar espumarajos por la boca (Spanish), tugga fradga (Swedish), fradga (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-froth_at_the_mouth-en-verb-FPzHbpc4 Disambiguation of Anger: 27 73 Disambiguation of 'rage': 3 97

Inflected forms

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