bubble

a round body of gas contained in a liquid; a dome or domelike structure; a temporary change: a real estate bubble

Not to be confused with:

bauble – a showy ornament; trinket, gewgaw

bobble – a repeated, jerky movement; a fumbling of a baseball; an error; mistake

bubble

a booming economy that could end in a sudden collapse

bub·ble

(bŭb′əl)

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

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

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

2. The sound made by the forming and bursting of bubbles.

3. Something insubstantial, groundless, or ephemeral, especially a fantastic or impracticable idea or belief: didn't want to burst the new volunteers' bubble.

4. Something light or effervescent: "Macon—though terribly distressed—had to fight down a bubble of laughter" (Anne Tyler).

a. A usually transparent glass or plastic dome.

b. 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).

a. A usually oval outline, as on a ballot or a standardized test form, intended to be filled in using a pencil or pen.

b. A rounded or irregularly shaped outline, as in a cartoon or other drawing, containing a character's speech or thoughts, as represented by words or pictures.

7. Economics An increase in the price of a commodity, investment, or market that is not warranted by economic fundamentals and is usually caused by ongoing investment or speculation in the expectation that the price will increase further.

intr.v. bub·bled, bub·bling, bub·bles

1. To form or give off bubbles: soup bubbling on the stove.

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

a. To rise to the surface: gas bubbled up through the swamp water.

b. To become active or intense enough to come into prominence: "Since then, the revolution has bubbled up again in many forms" (Jonathan Schell).

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

adj.

Capable of being categorized in one class or another; borderline: coaches evaluating bubble players to see which ones might play at a higher level.

Idiom:

on the bubble

On the brink of a new development or condition, especially in danger of being cut from a sports team: "These are the players on the bubble, the ones who are not sure if they have made the team" (Jason Diamos).

[From Middle English bubelen, to bubble.]

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bubble

(ˈbʌbəl)

1. a thin film of liquid forming a hollow globule around air or a gas: a soap bubble.

2. a small globule of air or a gas in a liquid or a solid, as in carbonated drinks, glass, etc

3. the sound made by a bubbling liquid

4. something lacking substance, stability, or seriousness

5. an unreliable scheme or enterprise

6. (Architecture) a dome, esp a transparent glass or plastic one

7. to form or cause to form bubbles

8. (intr) to move or flow with a gurgling sound

9. (often foll by: over) to overflow (with excitement, anger, etc)

10. (intr) Scot to snivel; blubber

[C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish bubbla, Danish boble, Dutch bobbel, all of imitative origin]

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bub•ble

(ˈbʌb əl)

n., v. -bled, -bling. n.

1. a nearly spherical body of gas contained in a liquid.

2. a small globule of gas in a thin liquid envelope.

3. a globule of air or gas, or a globular vacuum, contained in a solid.

5. anything that lacks firmness, substance, or permanence; delusion.

6. an inflated speculation, esp. if fraudulent: a real-estate bubble.

7. the act or sound of bubbling.

8. a spherical or nearly spherical canopy or shelter; dome.

v.i.

9. to form, produce, or release bubbles; effervesce.

10. to flow or spout with a gurgling noise; gurgle.

11. to boil.

12. to issue forth in a lively, sparkling manner: The play bubbled with fun.

13. to seethe or stir, as with excitement: My mind bubbles with plans.

v.t.

14. to cause to bubble; make bubbles in.

15. bubble over, to overflow with liveliness or zest.

[1350–1400; Middle English bobel]

bubble

Past participle: bubbled
Gerund: bubbling

Imperative
bubble
bubble

Present
I bubble
you bubble
he/she/it bubbles
we bubble
you bubble
they bubble

Preterite
I bubbled
you bubbled
he/she/it bubbled
we bubbled
you bubbled
they bubbled

Present Continuous
I am bubbling
you are bubbling
he/she/it is bubbling
we are bubbling
you are bubbling
they are bubbling

Present Perfect
I have bubbled
you have bubbled
he/she/it has bubbled
we have bubbled
you have bubbled
they have bubbled

Past Continuous
I was bubbling
you were bubbling
he/she/it was bubbling
we were bubbling
you were bubbling
they were bubbling

Past Perfect
I had bubbled
you had bubbled
he/she/it had bubbled
we had bubbled
you had bubbled
they had bubbled

Future
I will bubble
you will bubble
he/she/it will bubble
we will bubble
you will bubble
they will bubble

Future Perfect
I will have bubbled
you will have bubbled
he/she/it will have bubbled
we will have bubbled
you will have bubbled
they will have bubbled

Future Continuous
I will be bubbling
you will be bubbling
he/she/it will be bubbling
we will be bubbling
you will be bubbling
they will be bubbling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bubbling
you have been bubbling
he/she/it has been bubbling
we have been bubbling
you have been bubbling
they have been bubbling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bubbling
you will have been bubbling
he/she/it will have been bubbling
we will have been bubbling
you will have been bubbling
they will have been bubbling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bubbling
you had been bubbling
he/she/it had been bubbling
we had been bubbling
you had been bubbling
they had been bubbling

Conditional
I would bubble
you would bubble
he/she/it would bubble
we would bubble
you would bubble
they would bubble

Past Conditional
I would have bubbled
you would have bubbled
he/she/it would have bubbled
we would have bubbled
you would have bubbled
they would have bubbled

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bubble

A situation in which a particular investment or class of investments is producing such good returns that they attract an increasing amount of investment until prices are far higher than can be justified by a rational analysis of likely future returns from those investments.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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)

bubble

verb

1. boil, simmer, seethe Heat the seasoned stock until it is bubbling.

3. gurgle, splash, murmur, trickle, ripple, babble, trill, burble, lap, purl, plash He looked at the stream bubbling through the trees nearby.

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bubble

noun

A fantastic, impracticable plan or desire:

verb

1. To form or cause to form foam:

2. To flow or move with a low slapping sound:

3. To be in a state of emotional or mental turmoil:

Translations

فُقّاعَةفُقّاعَهيُبَقْبِقُ،يُخْرِجُ فَقاقيع

bublinašumětbublat

boblebruse

kuplakupliaporeilla

mjehurić

buborékbuborékolbugyborékol

freyîaloftbóla

泡

거품부글거리다

bulla

burbuliukasburbuliuotikunkuliuotisu burbuliukais

burbuļiburbulisburbuļotputot

kipetimehurček

bubblasåpbubblor

ฟอง

bong bóng

bubble

[ˈbʌbl]

B. VI [champagne, bath water] → burbujear; (= bubble forth) → borbotar

bubble over VI + ADV [boiling liquid] → derramarse (fig) (with happiness etc) → rebosar (with de)

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bubble

bubble and squeak

n (Brit) zusammen gebratene Fleischreste und Gemüse

bubble car

n (Brit, opening at the top) → Kabinenroller m; (opening at the front) → Isetta® f

bubble chamber

n → Blasenkammer f

bubble-jet printer

n (Comput) → Bubblejet-Drucker m

bubble memory

n (Comput) → Blasenspeicher m

bubble pack

n → (Klar)sichtpackung f

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bubble

(ˈbabl) noun

a floating ball of air or gas. bubbles in lemonade.

verb

to form or rise in bubbles. The champagne bubbled in the glass.

ˈbubbly adjective

having bubbles.

bubble over

to be full (with happiness etc). bubbling over with excitement.

bubble

→ فُقّاعَة bublina boble Blase φυσαλλίδα burbuja kupla bulle mjehurić bolla 泡 거품 bubbel boble bańka bolha пузырек bubbla ฟอง kabarcık bong bóng 泡沫

bubble

n. burbuja, ampolla;

to ___ over with joy → rebozar de gozo.