bubble

Nouns

  • (n) a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
  • (n) 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
    house of cards,
  • (n) an impracticable and illusory idea
    • he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble
  • (n) a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic

Verbs

  • (v) form, produce, or emit bubbles
    • The soup was bubbling
  • (v) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
    • babbling brooks
    burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple, babble,
  • (v) rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
    • bubble to the surface
  • (v) cause to form bubbles
    • bubble gas through a liquid
  • (v) expel gas from the stomach
    • In China it is polite to burp at the table
    belch, burp, eruct,

Synonyms

burble guggle gurgle ripple babble house of cards belch burp eruct

See also

bubble over spill over overflow

Words of close approximity

bubbly
bubbly
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