bubble
Nouns
- (n) a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
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(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
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(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
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(v) form, produce, or emit bubbles
- The soup was bubbling
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(v) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- babbling brooks
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(v) rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
- bubble to the surface
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(v) cause to form bubbles
- bubble gas through a liquid
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(v) expel gas from the stomach
- In China it is polite to burp at the table