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bubble
a round body of gas contained in a liquid; a dome or domelike structure; a temporary change: a real estate bubble
bubble
a booming economy that could end in a sudden collapse
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bub·ble
(bŭb′əl)n.
1.
a. A thin, usually spherical or hemispherical film of liquid filled with air or gas: a soap bubble.
b. A globular body of air or gas formed within a liquid: air bubbles rising to the surface.
c. A pocket formed in a solid by air or gas that is trapped, as during cooling or hardening.
2. The sound made by the forming and bursting of bubbles.
3. Something insubstantial, groundless, or ephemeral, especially a fantastic or impracticable idea or belief: didn't want to burst the new volunteers' bubble.
4. Something light or effervescent: "Macon—though terribly distressed—had to fight down a bubble of laughter" (Anne Tyler).
5.
a. A usually transparent glass or plastic dome.
b. A protective, often isolating envelope or cover: "The Secret Service will talk of tightening protection, but no President wants to live in a bubble" (Anthony Lewis).
6.
a. A usually oval outline, as on a ballot or a standardized test form, intended to be filled in using a pencil or pen.
b. A rounded or irregularly shaped outline, as in a cartoon or other drawing, containing a character's speech or thoughts, as represented by words or pictures.
7. Economics An increase in the price of a commodity, investment, or market that is not warranted by economic fundamentals and is usually caused by ongoing investment or speculation in the expectation that the price will increase further.
intr.v. bub·bled, bub·bling, bub·bles
1. To form or give off bubbles: soup bubbling on the stove.
2. To move or flow with a gurgling sound: a brook bubbling along its course.
3.
a. To rise to the surface: gas bubbled up through the swamp water.
b. To become active or intense enough to come into prominence: "Since then, the revolution has bubbled up again in many forms" (Jonathan Schell).
4. To display irrepressible activity or emotion: The kids were bubbling over with excitement.
adj.
Idiom: Capable of being categorized in one class or another; borderline: coaches evaluating bubble players to see which ones might play at a higher level.
on the bubble
On the brink of a new development or condition, especially in danger of being cut from a sports team: "These are the players on the bubble, the ones who are not sure if they have made the team" (Jason Diamos).
[From Middle English bubelen, to bubble.]
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bubble
(ˈbʌbəl)n
1. a thin film of liquid forming a hollow globule around air or a gas: a soap bubble.
2. a small globule of air or a gas in a liquid or a solid, as in carbonated drinks, glass, etc
3. the sound made by a bubbling liquid
4. something lacking substance, stability, or seriousness
5. an unreliable scheme or enterprise
6. (Architecture) a dome, esp a transparent glass or plastic one
vb
7. to form or cause to form bubbles
8. (intr) to move or flow with a gurgling sound
9. (often foll by: over) to overflow (with excitement, anger, etc)
10. (intr) Scot to snivel; blubber
[C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish bubbla, Danish boble, Dutch bobbel, all of imitative origin]
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bub•ble
(ˈbʌb əl)n., v. -bled, -bling. n.
1. a nearly spherical body of gas contained in a liquid.
2. a small globule of gas in a thin liquid envelope.
3. a globule of air or gas, or a globular vacuum, contained in a solid.
5. anything that lacks firmness, substance, or permanence; delusion.
6. an inflated speculation, esp. if fraudulent: a real-estate bubble.
7. the act or sound of bubbling.
8. a spherical or nearly spherical canopy or shelter; dome.
v.i. 9. to form, produce, or release bubbles; effervesce.
10. to flow or spout with a gurgling noise; gurgle.
11. to boil.
12. to issue forth in a lively, sparkling manner: The play bubbled with fun.
13. to seethe or stir, as with excitement: My mind bubbles with plans.
v.t. 14. to cause to bubble; make bubbles in.
15. bubble over, to overflow with liveliness or zest.
[1350–1400; Middle English bobel]
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bubble
Past participle: bubbled
Gerund: bubbling
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bubble
A situation in which a particular investment or class of investments is producing such good returns that they attract an increasing amount of investment until prices are far higher than can be justified by a rational analysis of likely future returns from those investments.
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| Noun | 1. |  bubble - a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)air bubble - a bubble of air globule - a small globe or ball soap bubble - a bubble formed by a thin soap film |
| 2. | bubble - 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" | |
| 3. | bubble - an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble" | |
| 4. | bubble - a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) | |
| Verb | 1. | bubble - form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling" effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle - become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" bubble over, spill over, overflow - overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger" |
| 2. |  bubble - flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"gurgle - make sounds similar to gurgling water; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it" | |
| 3. | bubble - rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface" | |
| 4. | bubble - cause to form bubbles; "bubble gas through a liquid" | |
| 5. |  bubble - expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table" |
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bubble
noun
1. air ball, drop, bead, blister, blob, droplet, globule, vesicle, air pocket, air cavity a bubble of gas trapped under the surface
plural noun
verb
bubble over brim over, burst, be filled, well over, overflow, gush, spill over He was quite tireless, bubbling over with vitality.
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bubble
nounA fantastic, impracticable plan or desire:
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Translations
فُقّاعَةفُقّاعَهيُبَقْبِقُ،يُخْرِجُ فَقاقيع
bublinašumětbublat
boblebruse
kuplakupliaporeilla
mjehurić
buborékbuborékolbugyborékol
freyîaloftbóla
泡
거품부글거리다
bulla
burbuliukasburbuliuotikunkuliuotisu burbuliukais
burbuļiburbulisburbuļotputot
kipetimehurček
bubblasåpbubblor
ฟอง
kabarcıkköpürmek
bong bóng
bubble
[ˈbʌbl]A. N (in liquid) → burbuja f; (in paint) → ampolla f; (= soap bubble) → pompa f; (in cartoon) → bocadillo m, globo m
to blow bubbles (with soap) → hacer pompas; (with bubble gum) → hacer globos
the bubble burst (fig) → se deshizo la burbuja
to blow bubbles (with soap) → hacer pompas; (with bubble gum) → hacer globos
the bubble burst (fig) → se deshizo la burbuja
C. CPD bubble and squeak N (Brit) (Culin) carne picada frita con patatas y col
bubble bath N → gel m de baño
bubble car N → coche-cabina m, huevo m
bubble gum N → chicle m (de globo)
bubble memory N → memoria f de burbuja
bubble pack N → envasado m en lámina
bubble wrap N → envoltorio m de plástico con burbujas
bubble bath N → gel m de baño
bubble car N → coche-cabina m, huevo m
bubble gum N → chicle m (de globo)
bubble memory N → memoria f de burbuja
bubble pack N → envasado m en lámina
bubble wrap N → envoltorio m de plástico con burbujas
bubble over VI + ADV [boiling liquid] → derramarse (fig) (with happiness etc) → rebosar (with de)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bubble
[ˈbʌbəl] n → bulle f
vi
(= form bubbles) → bouillonner, faire des bulles
(= sparkle) [person] → pétiller
to be bubbling with ideas → être débordant d'idées
to bubble over with sth → déborder de qchbubble and squeak n plat à base de purée de pommes de terre et de chouxbubble bath n → bain m moussantbubble gum n → bubblegum mbubblejet printer [ˈbʌbəldʒɛt] n → imprimante f à bulle, imprimante f à jet d'encrebubble memory n → mémoire f à bulles
to be bubbling with ideas → être débordant d'idées
to bubble over with sth → déborder de qchbubble and squeak n plat à base de purée de pommes de terre et de chouxbubble bath n → bain m moussantbubble gum n → bubblegum mbubblejet printer [ˈbʌbəldʒɛt] n → imprimante f à bulle, imprimante f à jet d'encrebubble memory n → mémoire f à bulles
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bubble
n → Blase f; (on plane etc) → (Glas)kuppel f; to blow bubbles → Blasen machen; to burst somebody’s bubble (fig) → jdn auf den Boden der Tatsachen zurückbringen; the bubble has burst (fig) → alles ist wie eine Seifenblase zerplatzt
vi
(liquid) → sprudeln; (heated also) → strudeln; (wine) → perlen; (gas) → Blasen/Bläschen machen or bilden
(= make bubbling noise) → blubbern (inf); (cooking liquid, geyser etc) → brodeln; (stream) → plätschern
(fig) to bubble with excitement/enthusiasm/confidence → fast platzen vor Aufregung/Begeisterung/Selbstvertrauen
bubble
:bubble and squeak
n (Brit) zusammen gebratene Fleischreste und Gemüse
bubble bath
n → Schaumbad nt
bubble car
n (Brit, opening at the top) → Kabinenroller m; (opening at the front) → Isetta® f
bubble chamber
n → Blasenkammer f
bubble gum
n → Bubblegum m
bubblehead
n (esp US pej inf) → Schwachkopf m (inf)
bubble-jet printer
n (Comput) → Bubblejet-Drucker m
bubble memory
n (Comput) → Blasenspeicher m
bubble pack
n → (Klar)sichtpackung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bubble
[ˈbʌbl]2. vi → ribollire, fare bollicine; (champagne) → spumeggiare
bubble over vi + adv → traboccare
to bubble over (with) (fig) → scoppiare (di or da), traboccare (di)
to bubble over (with) (fig) → scoppiare (di or da), traboccare (di)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bubble
(ˈbabl) noun a floating ball of air or gas. bubbles in lemonade.
verb to form or rise in bubbles. The champagne bubbled in the glass.
ˈbubbly adjective having bubbles.
bubble over to be full (with happiness etc). bubbling over with excitement.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
bubble
→ فُقّاعَة bublina boble Blase φυσαλλίδα burbuja kupla bulle mjehurić bolla 泡 거품 bubbel boble bańka bolha пузырек bubbla ฟอง kabarcık bong bóng 泡沫Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
bubble
n. burbuja, ampolla;
to ___ over with joy → rebozar de gozo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
bubble
n burbujaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.