bubble wrapn.
/ˈbʌbl rap/, U.S. /ˈbəbl ˌræp/ Originally U.S.
A packaging material designed to protect fragile goods, consisting of flexible plastic sheeting in which numerous small air cushions are embedded. Also in figurative contexts.A proprietary name in the United States.
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1965 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 22 Sept. 9/3 (advt.) New Hallmark bubble wrap. Lockwood's.
1983 People (U.S.) 20 Feb. 73 What pleased Sean most at his last birthday party wasn't the 10-foot-high TV screen his mom bought him, but the sheets of snappy bubble wrap the gift was packed in.
1993 A. Dacyczyn Tightwad Gaz. iii. 98/2 When you pack your gifts inside the box use crumpled newspaper or bubble wrap.
2001 New Yorker 16 Apr. 78/2 Vermeer fans..might regard the show as nothing but a few jewels packed in tedious scholarly bubble wrap.
2016 Sunday Mercury (Nexis) 23 Oct. 36 There's a juvenile thrill every time a parcel arrives packaged in bubble wrap because it means satisfying hours spent popping the tiny air pockets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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