bubble

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Synonyms: burble, babble, rubble, bobble, bumble, bubbly, bibble, nubble, hubble, bubale, abubble

Antonyms: burble, babble, rubble, bobble, bumble, bubbly, bibble, nubble, hubble, bubale, abubble

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Noun

1. A [[spherical]]ly [[contained]] [[volume]] of air or other gas in a [[liquid]], commonly a [[soapy]] liquid.
2. A small spherical [[cavity]] in a solid material.
3. {{lb|en|by extension}} Anything resembling a [[hollow]] sphere.
4. {{lb|en|figurative}} Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a [[cheat]] or [[fraud]]; an empty project.
5. {{lb|en|economics}} A period of intense [[speculation]] in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to [[irrational]] levels as the [[metaphorical]] bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.
6. {{lb|en|figurative}} The emotional or physical atmosphere in which a subject is immersed; especially, a homogeneous atmosphere in which subjects are spared exposure to culture or ideas different from their own.
7. An officer's station in a prison dormitory, affording views on all sides.
8. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Someone who has been ‘bubbled’ or [[fooled]]; a [[dupe]].
9. A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
10. The [[globule]] of air in the chamber of a [[spirit level]].
11. {{lb|en|Cockney rhyming slang}} A [[laugh]].
12. {{lb|en|Cockney rhyming slang}} A [[Greek]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|figurative}} To [[churn]] or [[foment]], as if wishing to [[rise]] to the [[surface]].
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|figurative}} To [[rise]] through a [[medium]] or [[system]], similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.
4. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete|rare}} To [[cover]] or [[spread]] with bubbles
5. {{lb|en|transitive|archaic|rare}} To [[delude]], [[dupe]], or [[hoodwink]]; to [[cheat]].
6. {{lb|en|intransitive|Scotland|and|Northern England}} To [[cry]], [[weep]].
7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[pat]] a [[baby]] on the [[back]] so as to cause it to [[belch]].
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to [[feel]] as if bubbling or [[churn]]ing.
9. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[express]] in a [[bubbly]] or [[lively]] [[manner]].
10. {{lb|en|transitive}} To form into a [[protruding]] [[round]] [[shape]].
11. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cover]] with bubbles.
12. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[bubble in]]; to [[mark]] a [[response]] on a [[form]] by [[fill]]ing in a [[circular]] [[area]] (‘bubble’).

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