bubble
//ˈbʌbəl//
Forms
- Plural
- bubbles
- present (v1)
- bubble
- past (v2)
- bubbled
- past participle (v3)
- bubbled
- present participle
- bubbling
- 3rd person singular
- bubbles
Definitions
1.A spherically contained volume of air or other gas in a liquid, commonly a soapy liquid.
2.A small spherical cavity in a solid material.
3.Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
4.Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.
1.To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
- With some technical improvement, I could see how the process of imitating my work would soon become fast and streamlined, and the many dark potentials bubbled to the forefront of my mind.
2.To cry, weep.
3.To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
4.To rise through a medium or system, similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3656
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.
Compare Middle Dutch bobbe (“bubble”) > Dutch bubbel (“bubble”), Low German bubbel (“bubble”), Danish boble (“bubble”), Swedish bubbla (“bubble”).