Talk:schuimen

There also seems to be a meaning "to roam, to wander" that isn't covered by most references. It can be difficult to tell the difference with the sense "to search, to scour" or the unincluded sense "to rage, to rampage" (see the English quotation from Orlando Figes).

• 2006, Daniel de Wolf, Jezus in de Millinx. Woorden én daden in een Rotterdamse achterstandswijk, KOK, 35.

  Illegalen, junks, drugsrunners en hoertjes schuimden over de straten.

• 2012, Lynn Austin, De plantage, tr. by Roelof Posthuma, Voorhoeve.

  Het was gevaarlijk om naar buiten te gaan, met alle vluchtelingen, zwarten en soldaten van beide partijen die over de wegen schuimden of probeerden naar huis te komen.

  It was dangerous to go outside with refugees and Negroes and soldiers from both sides wandering the roads, trying to get home. (original English)

• 2014, Orlando Figes, Revolutionair Rusland 1891-1991. Een geschiedenis, tr. by Toon Dohmen, Nieuw Amsterdam.

  Duizenden dronken soldaten en arbeiders schuimden door de stad, waar ze winkels plunderden, inbraken pleegden en welgesteld uitziende burgers molesteerden en beroofden.

  Thousands of drunken workers and soldiers were rampaging through the city looting stores, breaking into houses, and beating up and robbing well dressed citizens. (original English)

Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 10:08, 15 September 2016 (UTC)