as in bubbly
covered with, consisting of, or resembling foam foamy milk shakes

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Recent Examples of foamy This isn’t like the foamy texture, but rather a solid material riddled with micrometer-sized, interconnected holes. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Feb. 2025 This set of five is made of sturdy plastic, spring-loaded for staying power, and adjustable for drawers both large and small, complete with foamy feet to protect furniture. Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2025 An investigation into a wintry tourist attraction in southwestern China is underway after guests claimed they were deceived with fake snow made out of cotton wool and foamy water. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025 Meanwhile, its foamy texture gives it an ultra-lightweight feel and rinses off in seconds without leaving residue behind. Lauren Dana Ellman, Allure, 15 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foamy
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Adjective
  • The difference is subtle, but the fine filter creates milk that's a bit bubblier than the ultrafine filter.
    Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
  • But concerts also start feeling poppier and bubblier in springtime, perhaps in anticipation of the even warmer, wilder and grander music events of festival-frenzied summertime.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • Making this change will save you money, save your clothes from being sudsy and irritating your skin, and save your washing machine the extra trouble of rinsing unnecessary bubbles!
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The rig features a full wet bath with a recirculating shower system that reuses 70% of your sudsy bubble-water after filtering and purifying it.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Paramedics observe that Gray is not breathing and has a small amount of blood coming from his nose and a frothy discharge coming from his mouth.
    Steve Earley, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
  • This is light frothy entertainment with an unassailable Irish literary pedigree.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Mar. 2025

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“Foamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foamy. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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