bubble

bubble has 19 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.
• n.. A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aerated waters.
• n.. A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.
• n.. A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
• n.. The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
• n.. 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.
• n.. A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.
• n.. To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles.
• n.. To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream.
• n.. To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.
• n.. a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
• n.. an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble"