bubble 
bub·ble (bub′əl)
noun
- a very thin film of liquid forming a ball around air or gas soap bubbles
- a tiny ball of air or gas in a liquid or solid, as in carbonated water, glass, etc.
- anything shaped like a bubble, sphere, or hemisphere, as a plastic or glass dome
- anything that is ephemeral or insubstantial
- any idea, scheme, etc. that seems plausible at first but quickly shows itself to be worthless or misleading
- the act, process, or sound of bubbling
Etymology: ME bobel, of echoic orig., as in MDu bubbel
intransitive verb -·bled, -·bling
- to make bubbles; rise in bubbles; boil; foam; effervesce
- to make a boiling or gurgling sound
Etymology: ME bobelen
transitive verb
- to form bubbles in; make bubble
- ☆ Informal to cause (a baby) to burp
bubble over
- to overflow, as boiling liquid
- to be unrestrained in expressing one's enthusiasm, zest, etc.
on the bubble
☆Informal in a situation in which the outcome is uncertain but already in the process of being determined or decided
bubble
n.
bubble
v.
Object
- caldron: Suddenly the chase came to a clearing and Bowerman could see ahead of him a coven of witches all crouched around a bubbling caldron.
- bliss: This program creates bubbling bliss for the individual, maximum coherence in brain functioning, and enlivens positivity in the whole environment.
- lava: Its snowy peak belies what lies beneath red-hot swirling streams of bubbling lava.
Converse of object
- blow: The image of a child blowing bubbles is a commonly depicted theme by artists in 17 th century Dutch painting.
- burst: Have a long bath with bubbles in the morning; she enjoys bursting the bubbles with her tongue.
Adjective modifier
- speculative: In either isn't the end-product a huge speculative bubble bound to burst?
- tiny: First, Yellow Label looks beautiful: golden yellow, with a foaming necklace of tiny bubbles.
Modifies a noun
- wrap: For now, the simplest approach, with thin walled bubble wrap in grease, looks the best.
- burst: And when a bubble bursts, prices often plunge far beyond what looks like fair value.
- gum: He's also been talking about " feeding his young " and buying enormous amounts of bubble gum " for trapping maggots " .
- bath: Start your morning off with a relaxing bubble bath or a massage at the spa.
- perm: The US Richard Simmons is a hugely camp aerobics impresario with a Leo Sayer bubble perm and a penchant for brightly colored exercise shorts.
- raft: In the bubble raft experiment, dislocations glide when the raft is deformed.
Noun used with modifier
- dotcom: And since the dotcom bubble burst, itâs been getting harder than ever.
- dot.com: This was in turn followed by the dot.com bubble which popped in 2000.
- dot-com: We saw the same thing when the dot-com bubble burst.
- soap: The nearest we all get to seeing multiple images is with soap bubbles reflected in our bathroom mirror.
- stockmarket: Rising property prices helped to prop up the world economy after the stockmarket bubble burst in 2000.
- caldron: Extract 5 2 Witch Double, double toil and trouble: Fire, burn; and caldron bubble.
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day likea football, and it will be round and full at evening.
Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurled, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and for ever!
Titles are tinsel, power a corrupter, glorya bubble, and excessive wealth a libel on its possessor.
War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble. Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying, If the world be worth thy winning, Think, oh think, it worth enjoying.
The world's a bubble; and the life of man Less than a span.
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