What is the meaning of bubble?

noun

  • A hollow globule of gas (e. G., air or carbon dioxide. )
  • A speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control.
    • usage: "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"
  • An impracticable and illusory idea.
    • usage: "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble"
  • A dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic.

verb

  • Form, produce, or emit bubbles.
    • usage: "The soup was bubbling"
  • Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise.
    • usage: "babbling brooks"
  • Rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles.
    • usage: "bubble to the surface"
  • Cause to form bubbles.
    • usage: "bubble gas through a liquid"
  • Expel gas from the stomach.
    • usage: "In China it is polite to burp at the table"
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