Definitions for bubble
ˈbʌb əlbub·ble

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bubblenoun

   a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)

2. house of cards, bubblenoun

   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. bubblenoun

   an impracticable and illusory idea

   "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble"

4. bubbleverb

   a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic

5. bubbleverb

   form, produce, or emit bubbles

   "The soup was bubbling"

6. ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgleverb

   flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

   "babbling brooks"

7. bubbleverb

   rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles

   "bubble to the surface"

8. bubbleverb

   cause to form bubbles

   "bubble gas through a liquid"

9. burp, bubble, belch, eructverb

   expel gas from the stomach

   "In China it is polite to burp at the table"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bubblenoun

   A spherically contained volume of air, especially one made from soapy liquid.

   Etymology: Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.

2. bubblenoun

   A small spherical cavity in a solid material.

   Etymology: Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.

3. bubblenoun

   Anything resembling a hollow sphere.

   Etymology: Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.

4. bubblenoun

   A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.

   Etymology: Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.

5. bubblenoun

   Someone who has been 'bubbled' or fooled; a dupe.

   Etymology: Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.

6. bubblenoun

   a feverish upwelling

   Etymology: Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.

7. bubblenoun

   a feverish surge of speculation in a financial market, usually followed by a market crash (eg the w:South Sea Bubble).

   Etymology: Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.

8. bubblenoun

   a Greek (also: bubble and squeak)

   Etymology: Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.

9. bubbleverb

   To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such in foods cooking).

   Etymology: Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.

10. bubbleverb

    To cheat, delude.

    Etymology: Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.

11. bubbleverb

    To cry, weep.

    Etymology: Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bubblenoun

   a thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river

2. Bubblenoun

   a small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aerated waters

3. Bubblenoun

   a globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens

4. Bubblenoun

   a small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits

5. Bubblenoun

   the globule of air in the spirit tube of a level

6. Bubblenoun

   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. Bubblenoun

   a person deceived by an empty project; a gull

8. Bubblenoun

   to rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles

9. Bubblenoun

   to run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream

10. Bubblenoun

    to sing with a gurgling or warbling sound

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bubble

   Bubble is a 2005 film directed by Steven Soderbergh. It was shot on high-definition video. It featured some unusual production aspects. In traditional terms, the movie has no script. All lines were improvised according to an outline written by screenwriter Coleman Hough, who previously teamed with Soderbergh on Full Frontal. Bubble was shot and edited by Soderbergh under the pseudonyms Peter Andrews and Mary Ann Bernard. The film uses non-professional actors recruited from the Parkersburg, West Virginia / Belpre, Ohio area, where the film was shot. For example, the lead, Debbie Doebereiner, was found working the drive-through window in a Parkersburg KFC. Bubble was released simultaneously in movie theaters and on the cable/satellite TV network HDNet Movies on January 27, 2006. The DVD was released a few days later on January 31. It was nominated for Best Director for Steven Soderbergh at the 2007 Independent Spirit Awards. Bubble is the first of six films Soderbergh plans to shoot and release in the same manner. The score for the movie was composed by Robert Pollard, who lives in Ohio.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bubble

   bub′l, n. a bladder of water blown out with air: anything empty: a cheating scheme.—adj. unsubstantial, deceptive.—v.i. to rise in bubbles.—v.t. to cheat with bubble schemes:—pr.p. bubb′ling; pa.p. bubb′led.—adj. Bubb′ly.—n. Bubb′ly-jock, a Scotch name for a turkey-cock.—Bubble and squeak, meat and cabbage fried together.—To bubble over, as of a pot boiling, with anger, mirth, &c. [Cf. Sw. bubbla, Dut. bobbel.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bubble

   Another term for spirit-level, used for astronomical instruments.

Rap Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bubblenoun

   To have your (rap) career finally rise to the top. "So give me the microphone first so I can bust like a bubble" -- Snoop Dogg (Ain't Nuthin But A G Thang). This is actually a metaphor, not a known word for this.

2. bubblenoun

   Ass. "Beautiful bubbles" wen a G grinds her booty pon a youthz buddy...seen

3. bubbleverb

   sell drugs.i push to

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1. bubble

   The bubble symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the bubble symbol and its characteristic.

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Emit
   • Globule
   • Illusion
   • Rise
   • Scheme

How to pronounce bubble?

1. Alex

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   Australian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bubble in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bubble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of bubble in a Sentence

1. Severin Schwan:

   I think this bubble will burst at some point.

2. Mike Loewengart:

   Brexit is the thought bubble looming large over retail investors' heads.

3. Ray Nolte:

   People are scared and I think they are still reacting to the bursting of the asset bubble that happened in 2008, that is something that we think can take 10-15 years to work through.

4. Ted Sarandos:

   Here's the thing, the way that the internet has kind of fragmented audiences, you might be in the center of the bubble and you think your show is the biggest show on the planet, or you never heard of that show and it is the biggest show on the planet, that happens now. That's new in the last five years.

5. Daren Blomquist:

   Both of those states had the unfortunate combination of a massive volume of foreclosure activity spawned by the housing bubble burst along with a dysfunctional foreclosure process resulting from lenders and servicers cutting corners when it came to foreclosure documentation.

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