bubble

bub·ble  (bbl)

n.

1. A thin, usually spherical or hemispherical film of liquid filled with air or gas: a soap bubble.

2. A globular body of air or gas formed within a liquid: air bubbles rising to the surface.

3. A pocket formed in a solid by air or gas that is trapped, as during cooling or hardening.

4.

a. The act or process of forming bubbles.

b. A sound made by or as if by the forming and bursting of bubbles.

5. Something insubstantial, groundless, or ephemeral, especially:

a. A fantastic or impracticable idea or belief; an illusion: didn't want to burst the new volunteers' bubble.

b. A speculative scheme that comes to nothing: lost money in the real estate bubble.

6. Something light or effervescent: "Maconthough terribly distressedhad to fight down a bubble of laughter" Anne Tyler.

7. A usually transparent glass or plastic dome.

8. A protective, often isolating envelope or cover: "The Secret Service will talk of tightening protection, but no President wants to live in a bubble" Anthony Lewis.

v. bub·bled, bub·bling, bub·bles

v.intr.

1. To form or give off bubbles.

2. To move or flow with a gurgling sound: a brook bubbling along its course.

3. To rise to or as if to the surface; emerge: "Since then, the revolution has bubbled up again in many forms" Jonathan Schell.

4. To display irrepressible activity or emotion: bubbling over with excitement.

v.tr.

To cause to form bubbles.

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[From Middle English bubelen, to bubble.]

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bubble

Noun

1. a small globule of air or a gas in a liquid or a solid

2. a thin film of liquid forming a ball around air or a gas: a soap bubble

3. a dome, esp. a transparent glass or plastic one

4. an unreliable scheme or enterprise

Verb

[-bling, -bled]

1. to form bubbles

2. to move or flow with a gurgling sound

3. bubble over to express an emotion freely: she was bubbling over with excitement [probably Scandinavian]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bubble - a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) air bubble - a bubble of air foam, froth - a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam" globule - a small globe or ball soap bubble - a bubble formed by a thin soap film
	2.	bubble - 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" house of cards scheme, strategy - an elaborate and systematic plan of action
	3.	bubble - an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble" fancy, phantasy, illusion, fantasy - something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
	4.	bubble - a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
Verb	1.	bubble - form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling" emit, pass off, breathe - expel (gases or odors) effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle - become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" bubble over, spill over, overflow - overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger"
	2.	bubble - flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple, babble sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" gurgle - make sounds similar to gurgling water; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it"
	3.	bubble - rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface" go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
	4.	bubble - cause to form bubbles; "bubble gas through a liquid" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	5.	bubble - expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table" belch, burp, eruct emit, pass off, breathe - expel (gases or odors)

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bubble

noun 1. air ball, drop, bead, blister, blob, droplet, globule, vesicle

verb 2. boil, seethe

verb 3. foam, fizz, froth, churn, agitate, percolate, effervesce

verb 4. gurgle, splash, murmur, trickle, ripple, babble, trill, burble, lap, purl, plash

Translations

bubble [ˈbʌbl] n → burbuja;

(in paint) → ampolla

vi → burbujear, borbotar

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bubble [ˈbʌbl] n → bulle f

vi → bouillonner, faire des bulles (= sparkle), (fig); pétiller

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bubble [ˈbʌbl] n → Blase f

vi → sprudeln;

(sparkle) → perlen (fig) (person) → übersprudeln

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bubble [ˈbʌbl] n → bolla

vi → ribollire (= sparkle), (fig) → essere effervescente