Bubble - Definition
bubble
n 1: a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
2: a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that
the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a
house of cards"; "a real estate bubble" [syn: house of
cards, bubble]
3: an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst
the newcomer's bubble"
4: a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
v 1: form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling"
2: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling
brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle, burble,
bubble, gurgle]
3: rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface"
4: cause to form bubbles; "bubble gas through a liquid"
5: expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at
the table" [syn: burp, bubble, belch, eruct]