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in a foam

in a foam prepositional phrase: foaming at the mouth.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (dated, idiomatic, literary) Foaming at the mouth.
    • But that Poet was always in a foam at his ſetting out, even before the Motion of the Race had warm'd him.1716, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy, John Dryden, Richard Graham, Roger de Piles, The Art of Painting, page 54
    • Yes, the ſecond time he ſaid, that he met the King's guards that were come back all in a foam1730, Sollom Emlyn, Thomas Salmon (contributors), A Complete Collection of State-trials, and Proceedings for High-treason, and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours: 1685-1696, page 560

Questions about in a foam

What does in a foam mean?
In a foam means foaming at the mouth.
What part of speech is in a foam?
In a foam is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in a foam in the dictionary

  1. in a few shakes
  2. in a fix
  3. in a flap
  4. in a flash
  5. in a flat spin
  6. in a foam
  7. in a fog
  8. in a heartbeat
  9. in a hen's hiney
  10. in a huff
  11. in a hurry

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