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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The milk that bubbled in the pail.    --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a
        bubbling stream. --Pope.
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     3. To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              At mine ear
              Bubbled the nightingale and heeded not. --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow,
              Like bubbles in a late disturbed stream. --Shak.
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     2. A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as,
        bubbles rising in champagne or a["e]rated waters.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent
        solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for
        testing the strength of spirits.
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     5. The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
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     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.
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              Then a soldier . . .
              Seeking the bubble reputation
              Even in the cannon's mouth.           --Shak.
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     7. A person deceived by an empty project; a gull. [Obs.]
        ``Ganny's a cheat, and I'm a bubble.'' --Prior.
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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["e]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.]
        ``Ganny's a cheat, and I'm a bubble.'' --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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  bubble
       n 1: a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
       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]
       3: an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst
          the newcomer's bubble"
       4: a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
       v 1: form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling"
       2: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;
          "babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle, burble,
           gurgle]
       3: expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp
          at the table" [syn: burp, belch, eruct]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bubble
     Αγγλικά n.
     φυσαλίδα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bubble
     n.
     1 A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one
  made from 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.
     vb.
     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 archaic) To cheat, delude.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  bubble
     n.
     1 A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one
  made from 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.
     vb.
     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 archaic) To cheat, delude.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  bubble
     n.
     1 A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one
  made from 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.
     vb.
     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 archaic) To cheat, delude.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  bubble
     n.
     1 A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one
  made from 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.
     vb.
     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 archaic) To cheat, delude.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bubble
     Englanti n.
     1 kupla
     2 (yhteys taloustiede k=en) kupla
     Englanti vb.
     kuplia

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bubble
     Engelska n.
     1 bubbla; sfärisk volym av luft som innesluts av en tunn vätskehinna
     2 bubbla; litet sfäriskt hålrum i ett fast material
     3 bubbla; period av intensiv spekulation på marknaden
     Engelska vb.
     bubbla; ge upphov till bubblor

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Bubble /bˈʌbəl/
  الفقّاعة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  bubble //ˈbʌb.əl// 
  1. мехур
  anything resembling a hollow sphere
  2. мехурче 2.
  small spherical cavity in a solid
   3.
  spherically contained volume of air or other gas

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  bubble //ˈbʌb.əl// 
  кипя, клокоча
  to rise up in bubbles

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bubble /bˈʌbəl/
  bublinka

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bubble /bˈʌbəl/
  klokotat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bubble /bˈʌbəl/ 
  bublina

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bubble /bˈʌbəl/ 
  bublat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bubble /bˈʌbəl/ 
  bublinka

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bubble /bˈʌbəl/ 
  klokotat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  bubble /bˈʌbəl/ 
  byrlymu

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  bubble /bˈʌbəl/ 
  swigen