Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, consisting of, or resembling foam.
- adj. Covered with foam.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Covered with or consisting of foam; frothy; of a foam-like character.
Wiktionary
- adj. Full of foam.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Covered with foam; frothy; spumy.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease
- adj. emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
Etymologies
- foam + -y (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It's not foamy, which is kinda cool, and you put a thin layer on your face and let it sit for 30 seconds, generating a sensation toeing the line between tingling and scorching.”
“She is hardly knows what to say when she arrives at the home of singer Delysia LaFosse and finds her wearing “the kind of foamy robe, no mere dressing gown, worn by the most famous of stars in seduction scenes in the films.””
“Researchers have long been intrigued, and a bit unnerved, by a family of microbes known as spuma or "foamy" viruses.”
“This is a stupid name because there's no chocolate in them at alll, and they are a kind of foamy-topped bar cookie that's really good.”
“The "foamy" effect that we grew up thinking was the”
“The "foamy" effect that we grew up thinking was the Peroxide killing germs is just a chemical reaction: much like the fizzing you get from pouring soda into a glass.”
“The team's research shows that Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is able to stimulate macrophages - the immune cells the bacterium infects - to accumulate fat droplets, turning them into "foamy" cells.”
“Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is able to stimulate macrophages - the immune cells the bacterium infects - to accumulate fat droplets, turning them into "foamy" cells.”
“Because the larger rectangle is hollow, or "foamy," inside.”
“Cover and let sit until mixture is slightly foamy, about 15 minutes.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘foamy’.
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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Y
What a -Y does to an otherwise common, dull word
zany, waxy, wavy, arty, chewy, bony, boxy, cozy, nosy, foxy, wiry, junky and 321 more...
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Adjectives applicable to bubble tea
chewy, milky, weird, warm, cold, sweet, foamy, curious, unreal, soft, sloshy, sucky and 4 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, F
felony, frolic, fend, fuselage, farthingale, freewheeling, frigorific, flummery, fancypants, felsitic, flagstone, flageolet and 295 more...
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My Little Ponies
A list of My Little Pony names from the original (G1) collection. 1982-1992
cotton candy, butterscotch, blossom, blue belle, minty, snuzzle, seashell, bubbles, bow tie, applejack, sunbeam, medley and 352 more...
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deegee's Words
pay-per-view, vitriol, delectable, snarky, unflinching, forsake, pervasive, inconsequential, unnerving, allure, endearing, unalloyed and 414 more...
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Words That Sound Dirty but Really Aren't
annals, assassinate, bisect, bubbly, caucus, caulk, colloquialism, concoct, condominium, congeal, congenital, convex and 131 more...
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fred's string
this list is a list.
shingle, inflatable, throbbing, bludge, tendon, weiner, gutter, bong, glacier, kite, giggle, sibling and 52 more...
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