froth at the mouth
verb/ˈfɹɒθ ət ðə ˈmaʊθ/UK/ˈfɹɔθ ət ðə ˈmaʊθ/US
Definitions
To spew saliva as froth.
- The symptoms of acute nitrate poisoning are quite characteristic provided the affected animals are not disturbed. In the early stages the animal stops eating, froths at the mouth and has abdominal pain and diarrhoea.
To rage, to vent one's anger.
- She was almost frothing at the mouth when she heard about the cost of the car repairs.
- 'Damn the Whitecoats!' cried Snitter, frothing at the mouth. 'Damn Annie, damn the policeman and the white bell-car! Damn you all, damn you! You've killed my master!'
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for froth at the mouth. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA