to bubble
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1.0
- verb
- /ˈbʌbəl/
:
burbujear
- There's no life in it, due to the sulfur compounds that bubble up from below.
Your your gases will start to bubble out of your system.
- Your your gases will start to bubble out of your system.
- Thomas, when you drank, you became drunk with the bubbling spring which I have dug.
Examples
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Many innovative ideas bubble up in laboratories and even attract early-stage venture capital funding.
Academic text (2011) -
Make sure it bubbles good.
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Now, put some more bubbling oil in this tub.
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The mixture is shaken until it starts to bubble, and is then allowed to cook for at least 45 minutes.
Academic text (2006) -
Father Pires now followed the stream to its source, a spring bubbling up between rocks into a limpid pool.
Fiction book (1996) -
The bacteria digest the organic material, producing methane which bubbles to the top of the closed reactor for collection.
Academic text (1996) -
The lava was rich with gases that bubbled out as it cooled, creating the pits.
Academic text (1994) -
As the water started to heat, tiny bubbles began to bubble up to the surface.
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When the mixture reaches a high temperature, it will begin to bubble vigorously.
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The liquid started to bubble when I added the baking soda to it.
Synonyms
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1.7
To become covered with small bubbles, like milk when heated
19
3.7
To move up in bubbles or appear suddenly
10
3.0
To make small bubbles form on the surface of a liquid
6
3.0
To form many small bubbles, as in champagne
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7.5
To make a soft low sound like water moving over stones
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3.0
To make bubbles and a soft hissing sound in a liquid
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2.8
To become covered with bubbles
1
6.7
To make a short, soft popping sound in a liquid
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2.9
Make small round pockets of air inside or on a liquid
1
8.8
To make bubbles in a liquid when pressure drops suddenly
Having many small rising bits of air, like a fizzy drink
Full of small bubbles like fizzy water
Making a soft hissing and bubbling sound like soda when opened
To make small bubbles and light splashes in water
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
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1.0
To make a small round pocket of air in soapy water by puffing with your mouth
- Informal
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2.7
Burst the small air bubbles in plastic wrap for fun or to feel calm
Compounds
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1.7
A soft plastic sheet with many small air bubbles that stops fragile things from breaking when you pack them
1
7.3
A British dish made by frying leftover cabbage and potatoes, often served with eggs or bacon
- Archaic
1
7.8
A tank of very hot liquid where tiny bubbles show the paths of invisible particles
- US
1
3.0
A clear plastic cover with small bubbles that holds a product on a piece of cardboard
- Specialized
A skin rash around the lips after chewing bubble gum with artificial colors or flavors
- Archaic
A printer that uses heat to make tiny ink bubbles and prints them on paper
- Archaic
A device that stores information as tiny magnetic areas on a thin layer, used in older computers
- Literature
A group of politicians and journalists cut off from ordinary people and their problems
How Bubbly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bubble comes from an imitative sound written as bub- or 'bub', the small popping noise of water; so to bubble is to make those small pockets of gas appear in a liquid.