bubble
1. a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) (Freq. 6)
• Derivationally related forms:
bubbly
• Hypernyms:
globule
• Hyponyms:
air bubble, foam, froth, soap bubble
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
• Hypernyms:
scheme, strategy
3. an impracticable and illusory idea
- he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble
• Hypernyms:
illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy
4. a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
• Hypernyms:
covering
1. form, produce, or emit bubbles (Freq. 3)
- The soup was bubbling
• See Also:
bubble over
• Hypernyms:
emit, breathe, pass off
• Hyponyms:
foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- babbling brooks
• Syn:
ripple, babble, guggle, burble, gurgle
• Derivationally related forms:
gurgle (for: gurgle), bubbler, ripple (for: ripple)
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Group:
gurgle
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
3. rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
- bubble to the surface
• Hypernyms:
rise, lift, arise, move up, go up,
come up, uprise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
4. cause to form bubbles
- bubble gas through a liquid
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
5. expel gas from the stomach
- In China it is polite to burp at the table
• Syn:
burp, belch, eruct
• Derivationally related forms:
eructation (for: eruct), belch (for: belch), burp (for: burp)
• Hypernyms:
emit, breathe, pass off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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