bubble
noun
1. a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
Definition categories: object, globule
2. a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
- a real estate bubble
Definition categories: thought, scheme, strategy
3. an impracticable and illusory idea
- he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble
Definition categories: thought, fancy, fantasy, illusion, phantasy
4. a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
Definition categories: man–made, covering
Sentences with bubble as a noun:
- bubbles in window glass, or in a lens
- Are you having a bubble?!
verb
1. form, produce, or emit bubbles
Definition categories: change, breathe, emit
2. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
Similar word(s): babble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple
Definition categories: perception, go, sound
3. rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
- bubble to the surface
Definition categories: motion, arise, lift, rise, uprise
4. cause to form bubbles
- bubble gas through a liquid
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
5. expel gas from the stomach