bubble

Definitions

1. 1noun

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

2. 2noun

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

3. 3noun

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

4. 4noun

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

5. 5noun

   The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.

6. 6noun

   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. 7noun

   A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.

8. 8noun

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

9. 9noun

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

10. 10noun

    To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.

11. 11noun

    a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic

12. 12noun

    an impracticable and illusory idea

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

13. 13noun

    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"

14. 14noun

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

15. 15verb

    expel gas from the stomach

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

    Synonyms

    belchburperuct
16. 16verb

    form, produce, or emit bubbles

    "The soup was bubbling"

17. 17verb

    cause to form bubbles

    "bubble gas through a liquid"

18. 18verb

    rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles

    "bubble to the surface"

19. 19verb

    flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

    "babbling brooks"

    Synonyms

    babbleburblegugglegurgleripple