Definition of "frothy"
frothy
adjective
comparative frothier, superlative frothiest
Foamy or churned to the point of becoming infused with bubbles.
Quotations
When this brown head was obtained the juice was drawn off into barrels, the lees were left in the keeve, and new juice was pumped upon these lees, this, however, produced a white frothy head, similar to that in the remaining keeves.
1903, Frederick James Lloyd, Report on the Results of Investigations Into Cidermaking, page 50
(figurative) lightweight; lacking depth or substance
Quotations
I cannot describe to you what pain I feel in repeating this light and frothy conversation, but I have compelled myself to give it you at some length, in order to lay before you, in its true light, the weakness of that heart which is not upheld by divine strength, and to shew you how little dependence can be placed on those who walk in their own strength, and are not divinely upheld.
1825, Mary Martha Sherwood, The lady of the manor, page 87
(business) Highly speculative; having high risk and high return.
Quotations
In such a “frothy” market, investors' interests would generally have been served by selling rather than purchasing assets—and, in fact, by returning committed capital to investors rather than deploying it, since acquisitions generally would not be accretive.
2013, H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, Alternative Investments