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1. (n.) bubble
a nearly spherical body of gas contained in a liquid.
2. bubble
a small globule of gas in a thin liquid envelope.
3. bubble
a globule of air or gas, or a globular vacuum, contained in a solid.
4. bubble
anything that lacks firmness, substance, or permanence; delusion.
5. bubble
an inflated speculation, esp. if fraudulent:
a real-estate bubble.
6. bubble
the act or sound of bubbling.
7. bubble
a spherical or nearly spherical canopy or shelter; dome.
8. (v.i.) bubble
to form, produce, or release bubbles; effervesce.
9. bubble
to flow or spout with a gurgling noise; gurgle.
10. bubble
to boil.
11. bubble
to issue forth in a lively, sparkling manner:
The play bubbled with fun.
12. bubble
to seethe or stir, as with excitement:
My mind bubbles with plans.
13. (v.t.) bubble
to cause to bubble; make bubbles in.
14. bubble
bubble over, to overflow with liveliness or zest.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME bobel)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bubble
a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
2. (noun) house of cards, bubble
a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
"his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"
3. (noun) bubble
an impracticable and illusory idea
"he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble"
4. (verb) bubble
a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
5. (verb) bubble
form, produce, or emit bubbles
"The soup was bubbling"
6. (verb) ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
"babbling brooks"
7. (verb) bubble
rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
"bubble to the surface"
8. (verb) bubble
cause to form bubbles
"bubble gas through a liquid"
9. (verb) burp, bubble, belch, eruct
expel gas from the stomach
"In China it is polite to burp at the table"
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1. (noun) bubble
air in a liquid
bubbles in the champagne; to blow bubbles
2. (verb) bubble
(of liquid) to have bubbles moving in it
Heat until the water begins to bubble.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) bubble
a thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river
2. (noun) bubble
a small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aerated waters
3. (noun) bubble
a globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens
4. (noun) bubble
a small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits
5. (noun) bubble
the globule of air in the spirit tube of a level
6. (noun) bubble
anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble
7. (noun) bubble
a person deceived by an empty project; a gull
8. (noun) bubble
to rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles
9. (noun) bubble
to run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream
10. (noun) bubble
to sing with a gurgling or warbling sound
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Sense: a floating ball of air or gas
bubbles in lemonade.
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 Afrikaans: blasie, bobbel |
 Arabic: فُقّاعَه |
 Bulgarian: мехур |
 Brazilian: bolha |
 Czech: bublina |
 German: die Blase |
 Danish: boble |
 Greek: φυσαλίδα |
 Spanish: burbuja |
 Estonian: mull |
 Farsi: حباب |
 Finnish: kupla |
 French: bulle |
 Hebrew: בּוּעָה |
 Hindi: बुलबुला |
 Croatian: mjehurić |
 Hungarian: buborék |
 Indonesian: gelembung |
 Italian: bolla |
 Japanese: 泡 |
 Korean: 거품 |
 Lithuanian: burbuliukas |
 Latvian: burbulis |
 Malay: buih |
 Dutch: luchtbel |
 Norwegian: boble |
 Polish: bańka, pęcherzyk |
 Persian: حباب |
 Pashto: پوکاڼه |
 Portuguese: bolha |
 Romanian: bulă |
 Russian: пузырёк |
 Slovak: bublina |
 Slovenian: mehurček |
 Serbian: mehurić |
 Swedish: bubbla |
 Thai: ฟอง |
 Turkish: kabarcık |
 Taiwanese: 氣泡 |
 Ukrainian: бульбашка; пузир |
 Urdu: بلبلہ ، حباب |
 Vietnamese: bong bóng |
 Chinese: 气泡 |
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