bubble : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bubble	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bubble
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bubble n a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) 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" Synonym(s): house of cards, bubble an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble" a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic v form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling" flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" Synonym(s): ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface" cause to form bubbles; "bubble gas through a liquid" expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table" Synonym(s): burp, bubble, belch, eruct
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bubble \Bub"ble\, n. [Cf. D. bobbel, Dan. boble, Sw. bubbla. Cf. {Blob}, n.] 1. A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river. Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow, Like bubbles in a late disturbed stream. --Shak. 2. A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or a[89]rated waters. 3. A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens. 4. A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits. 5. The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level. 6. 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. Then a soldier . . . Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. --Shak. 7. A person deceived by an empty project; a gull. [Obs.] [bd]Ganny's a cheat, and I'm a bubble.[b8] --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bubble \Bub"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bubbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bubbling}.] [Cf. D. bobbelen, Dan. boble. See {Bubble}, n.] 1. To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles. The milk that bubbled in the pail. --Tennyson. 2. To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream. --Pope. 3. To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound. At mine ear Bubbled the nightingale and heeded not. --Tennyson.