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bub·ble
I. \ˈbəbəl\ verb
(bubbled ; bubbled ; bubbling \ˈbəb(ə)liŋ\ ; bubbles)
Etymology: Middle English bublen, bobelen, probably of imitative origin like Dutch bobbelen to bubble, Middle Low German bubbeln, Lithuanian bubsėti
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to form or produce bubbles
< soup bubbling in the kettle >
b. : to move upward or rise in or as if in bubbles
< gases bubbling from the mud >
— often used with up
< cool water bubbling up from the ground >
< these questions bubble up from time to time >
2. : to flow out or pour out with a gurgling sound suggesting the forming and rising of bubbles
< a clear fountain bubbling in the shade >
3. : to suggest bubbling water:
a. : to make gurgling or warbling sounds
< a nightingale softly bubbling in the shrubbery >
< her carefree laughter bubbled behind us >
b. : to utter as though giving off bubbles either with sparkle and effervescence
< songs that bubble with wit and grace >
or with persistent monotonous repetition
< they bubble of Marx or Disraeli to their dying day — Times Literary Supplement >
c. : to be or become lively or effervescent (as with joy) : bubble over
< he looked like a good soldier and bubbled with natural joyousness — Alan Sullivan >
d. Scotland : blubber, snivel
e. : to be in agitated movement or activity : rise into consciousness usually unexpectedly : churn, stir — used chiefly of intangibles
< such contacts soon set his brain to bubbling with new ideas >
transitive verb
1. : to utter (as words) bubblingly : express in bubbles or as if in giving off bubbles
< she bubbled questions — R.A.W.Hughes >
< dozens of birds bubbling their joy to the clearing sky >
2.
a. : to cause to bubble
< bubble cocoa and sugar together in a little water — Better Homes & Gardens >
b. : burp
3. archaic : cheat, deceive, delude
4. : to pass (as gas) through some medium in the form of discrete bubbles
II. noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
1. : a small globule typically hollow and light: as
a. : a small body of air or gas within a liquid
< bubbles rising in champagne >
b. : a thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas
< soap bubbles >
c. : a hollow globule of blown glass (as a small floating bead formerly used for testing the strength of spirits)
d. : a globule (as of air) in a transparent solid
< windowpanes marred with bubbles and wavy patches >
broadly : such globules constituting an imperfection in glass and resulting from the trapping of air or gas during the melting process
e. : the globule of air in the tube of a spirit level; sometimes : the tube and its contents
f. : bubble shell
g. Scotland : mucus from the nose
h. : bubble canopy
2.
a. : something that lacks firmness, solidity, or reality : a false show
< a dream of what thou wast … a breath, a bubble — Shakespeare >
b. : a delusive scheme : a dishonest speculation
< the South sea bubble >
3. archaic : one readily deceived or tricked : dupe, gull
4.
a. : a bubbling as of boiling or flowing water
< we'll not be long, the kettle's just at the bubble >
b. : a sound like that of bubbling : a gurgling or warbling song
< the cadenced bubble of certain bird songs >
III. noun
1. : something (as a plastic or an inflatable structure) that is more or less semicylindrical or dome-shaped
2. : balloon 2d
3. : magnetic bubble herein
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