| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A mass of bubbles in or on the surface of a liquid: froth, head, lather, spume, suds, yeast. See SOLID. | | VERB: | 1. To be or become angry: anger, blow up, boil over, bristle, burn, explode, flare up, fume, rage, seethe. Informal : steam. Idioms: blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one's stack (or top) , breathe fire, fly off the handle, get hot under the collar, hit the ceiling (or roof) , lose one's temper, see red. See FEELINGS. 2. To form or cause to form foam: bubble, cream, effervesce, fizz, froth, lather, spume, suds, yeast. See SOLID.
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