bubble
Speech parts
1. bubble - Noun
2. bubble - Verb
Meaning
A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.
A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aerated waters.
A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.
A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
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.
A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.
To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles.
To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream.
To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.
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Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
The world's a bubble and the life of man Less than a span.
Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and for ever.
Man is like a bubble of water on the ocean.
An inflated idea can burst the bubble of your happiness.
Wait till you trough put, then bubble in it.