Bubble

['bʌb(ə)l] or ['bʌbl]

Definition

(noun.) a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic.

(noun.) an impracticable and illusory idea; 'he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble'.

(noun.) a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide).

(verb.) form, produce, or emit bubbles; 'The soup was bubbling'.

(verb.) cause to form bubbles; 'bubble gas through a liquid'.

(verb.) rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; 'bubble to the surface'.

Checked by Freda--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

(n.) A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aerated waters.

(n.) A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.

(n.) A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.

(n.) The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.

(n.) Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble.

(n.) A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.

(n.) To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles.

(n.) To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream.

(n.) To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.

Typed by Clyde

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Water bladder.[2]. Trifle, bagatelle, small matter.[3]. Cheat, delusion, hoax, false show.

Edited by Dwight

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Trifle, toy, fancy, conceit, vision, dream, froth, trash

ANT:Acquisition, prize, treasury_reality, substance, verity, jewel, good,advantage

Typed by Lesley

Definition

n. a bladder of water blown out with air: anything empty: a cheating scheme.—adj. unsubstantial deceptive.—v.i. to rise in bubbles.—v.t. to cheat with bubble schemes:—pr.p. bubb′ling; pa.p. bubb′led.—adj. Bubb′ly.—n. Bubb′ly-jock a Scotch name for a turkey-cock.—Bubble and squeak meat and cabbage fried together.—To bubble over as of a pot boiling with anger mirth &c.

Editor: Val

Examples

Editor: Verna

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