Bubble Definition
bŭbəl
bubbled, bubbles, bubbling
noun
bubbles
A very thin film of liquid forming a ball around air or gas.
Soap bubbles.
Webster's New World
A globular body of air or gas formed within a liquid.
Air bubbles rising to the surface.
American Heritage
A tiny ball of air or gas in a liquid or solid, as in carbonated water, glass, etc.
Webster's New World
The sound made by the forming and bursting of bubbles.
American Heritage
Anything that is ephemeral or insubstantial.
Webster's New World
verb
bubbled, bubbles, bubbling
To form bubbles in; make bubble.
Webster's New World
To make bubbles; rise in bubbles; boil; foam; effervesce.
Webster's New World
To make a boiling or gurgling sound.
Webster's New World
To cause (a baby) to burp.
Webster's New World
To rise to the surface.
Gas bubbled up through the swamp water.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
- be flat
adjective
Capable of being categorized in one class or another; borderline.
Coaches evaluating bubble players to see which ones might play at a higher level.
American Heritage
idiom
on the bubble
- On the brink of a new development or condition, especially in danger of being cut from a sports team:
American Heritage
bubble over
- to overflow, as boiling liquid
- to be unrestrained in expressing one's enthusiasm, zest, etc.
Webster's New World
on the bubble
- in a situation in which the outcome is uncertain but already in the process of being determined or decided
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bubble
Origin of Bubble
From Middle English bubelen to bubble
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.
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