spoom

[ spoom ]

noun

1. a kind of sherbet made from fruit juice or wine, mixed after freezing with uncooked meringue.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spoom¹

From the Italian word spuma foam, froth

Example Sentences

Spoom, spōōm, v.i. to scud before the wind.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

On last week's Clip joint, Spoom did a double take on the best film clips displaying identical twins.

From The Guardian

“A weary weed, tossed to and fro, Drearily drenched in the ocean brine, Soaring high and sinking low, Lashed along without will of mine; Sport of the spoom of the surging sea; Flung on the foam, afar and near, Mark my manifold mystery–– Growth and grace in their place appear.”

From Project Gutenberg

A weary weed, toss'd to and fro, Drearily drench'd in the ocean brine, Soaring high and sinking low, Lashed along without will of mine,— Sport of the spoom of the surging sea, Flung on the foam afar and anear, Mark my manifold mystery,— Growth and grace in their place appear.

From Project Gutenberg

Even in great manufacturing towns, it is very common, when passing cotton mills at work, to hear some fine psalm tune streaming in chorus from female voices, and mingling with the spoom of thousands of spindles.

From Project Gutenberg