单词 | bubble water |
释义 | bubble watern. U.S. slang. 1. Champagne. Cf. bubbly n. 2, bubbly water n. at bubbly adj. and n. Compounds. Now somewhat dated. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > French wines > [noun] > champagne champagne1664 Champagne wine1671 simkin1829 sham1848 fizz1864 widow1876 bubbly water1878 boy1882 bubble water1899 pink wine1900 bubbly1916 bubble?1920 champers1955 shampoo1957 1899 F. Norris McTeague ix. 170 That was how the waiter had spoken of the champagne—‘bubble-water’. 1917 J. W. Wood Pasadena, Calif. xliv. 418 Vigorous protests from teetotalers who were convinced that bubble water was outre and inappropriate. 1957 Chron. Tel. (Elyria, Ohio) 3 Aug. 20/1 Gaily-colored streamers..looped from the ship deck down to..the all-important bottle of bubble-water. 2015 W. J. Wallisch High Skies & Fat Horses ix. 94 We'll all have just a drop of this fine bubble water in honor of his dead self. 2. Any of various solutions made by mixing soap or detergent with water, used for blowing bubbles. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others spurc1450 cock1608 turnel1621 corala1625 house of cardsa1625 Jack-in-the-box1659 (Prince) Rupert's Drops1662 sucker1681 whirligig1686 playbook1694 card house1733 snapper1788 card castle1792 Aaron's bells?1795 Noah's Ark1807 Jacob's ladder1820 cat-stairs1825 daisy chain1841 beanbag1861 playboat1865 piñata1868 teething ring1872 weet-weet1878 tumble-over1883 water cracker1887 jumping-bean1889 play money1894 serpentin1894 comforter1898 pacifier1901 dummy1903 bubble water1904 yo-yo1915 paper airplane1921 snowstorm1926 titty1927 teaser1935 Slinky1948 teether1949 Mr Potato Head1952 squeeze toy1954 Frisbee1957 mobile1957 chew toy1959 water-rocket1961 Crazy Foam1965 playshop1967 war toy1973 waterball1974 pull-along1976 transformer1984 Aerobie1985 1904 Washington Post 25 Dec. ii. 3/4 For best bubble water. Fill a quart bottle half full of distilled or soft water [etc.]. 1912 Christian Advocate 14 Mar. 351/2 Dip your pipe into the bubble water and as you take it out hold it over the top of the rose and blow until the flower is covered with the bubble. 1955 Professional Photographer Sept. 60/1 ‘We proceeded to load up the car with..a portable background, and a gallon of bubble water...’ The stunts used by professional photographers to secure engaging expressions on the faces of their young sitters are legion. 2007 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 23 June d1 When a child blows into a ring of bubble water, or waves it so the air does the same thing, the surface is stretched and made larger as the pressure from below brings up more molecules of water. 3. Carbonated water or soft drink; a drink of this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > aerated or carbonated drink > [noun] mineral water1829 bellywash1874 potash1876 potass1883 fizzy1896 bubble water1947 skoosh1959 carbonate1982 1947 Southwest Times (Pulaski, Va.) 31 Jan. 2/4 Joe Louis punch, a new line of soda pop... The bubble water makers hope for a $10,000,000 yearly income. 1951 H. MacLean There's No Place like Paris! 74 The different kinds of carbonated drinks of which the French are so fond, plain bubble water, evil-tasting but supposedly therapeutic mineral waters, or gassed-up lemonade and orangeade with distinctly artificial flavors. 1980 New West 7 Apr. 10/1 Fact is, you're hooked on that brown bubble water. 1993 L. B. Scott Iron Men xvii. 190 Jake, bring one of your bubble waters and walk in the summer garden with me. 2016 GDP: Global Data Point (Nexis) 16 Apr. Even when Im not sick I just add a tablespoon [of elderberry syrup] to a glass of bubble water for a healthy alternative to soda. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1899 |
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