frothing

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He is railing, frothing, about how silly it is that people argue about the NFL's overtime rule.

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  1. The act of rising in froth; the act of emitting froth, in any sense of that word. When alcohol is mixed with a superficially viscous liquid, it neutralises its relative superficial viscosity, and frothing is rendered impossible. A. Daniell, Prin. of Physics, p. 247.
  2. Frothiness; verbosity. All our disputings and hard speeches are the frothing of our ignorance, maddened by our pride. Bushnell, Sermons for New Life, p. 161.

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  • There have been a large number of people who see that setup as, at best, woefully naive, and at worst, frothing-at-the-mouth racist. —  1UP RSS feed
  • To Bill Bennett and other frothing-at-the-mouth conservatives just aching to end Obama's popularity as soon as possible: you have a right to your opinions as to the issues. —  CNN Political Ticker
  • He is railing, frothing, about how silly it is that people argue about the NFL's overtime rule. —  SFGate: Top News Stories
  • Slightly over-the-top as the frothing, shaven-headed, bewildered Sanjay but that was the job specification, I guess. —  ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
  • Those films make me forget all the frothing ***** movies he does. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
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