spumy
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9.9
- adjective
- She poured the spumy drink into a glass, watching the bubbles rise to the surface.
Examples
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After shaking the can, he opened it to a spumy explosion of soda.
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The spumy sea created a dazzling display as waves crashed against the rocks.
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The water surged and troughed, straight-walled drops to the spumy, roiling foam.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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3.2
Full of small bubbles, like sparkling water
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2.2
Covered with many small bubbles, like the top of a cappuccino
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1.6
Having many small bubbles that rise in the drink
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3.2
A liquid with many small bubbles and a layer of foam
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2.2
Having many small rising bits of air, like a fizzy drink
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2.9
A liquid with many small bubbles on the surface, like beer
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7.4
Full of small bubbles like fizzy water
How Frothy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word spumy comes from the Latin spuma, which means 'foam', and it is like the old English word spume that also meant foam. So, to call something spumy is to say it is covered with or full of 'foam' or bubbles.