bubble
noun
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a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
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an impracticable and illusory idea“They didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble.”
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a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot controlhouse of cards
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a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
verb
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to expel gas from the stomach“They were bubbling all night.”belch
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to form, produce, or emit bubbles“The machine should be bubbling.”
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to cause to form bubbles“I bubble gas through a liquid.”
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to rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles“The diver bubbled to the surface.”
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to flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise“The creek bubbled through our back yard.”babblegurglerippleguggleburble