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bubble

bubble

296 1.0
A small round pocket of air in a liquid
  • noun
  • /ˈbʌbəl/
: burbuja
  • She noticed a small bubble in the boiling water just before the pasta reached a rolling boil.
  • soap bubbles
  • blow bubbles
  • air bubbles

So shower gel and bubble bath, love it, smells great.

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Examples

  • How do you like the bubbles now?

  • There's some bubbles over there.

  • The next stage is to blow the bubble up and shape it.

  • Look at the very large light blue bubble center stage.

  • Just like a water bubble coming out from the bath.

  • So you will you will have your own little bubble of pure air.

  • And we can get rid of these bubbles in a similar fashion.

  • Still a few bubbles here, but not much.

  • That one made a little bubble and it popped.

  • There are lotions, shampoos, and bubble baths on the edge of the tub.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

air bubble
vsbubble
10 1.9

A small pocket of air trapped inside a liquid or solid

includes any small gas pocket, not only the common breathable gas

Idioms

20 6.3

Tell someone that something they hoped for is not true

1 9.9

Fail to follow what is happening and become confused

Compounds

25 1.0

A sweet chewing gum that you can blow into bubbles

23 1.9

A bath with foamy scented water to relax in

12 1.7

A soft plastic sheet with many small air bubbles that stops fragile things from breaking when you pack them

10 1.9

A small pocket of air trapped inside a liquid or solid

5 1.8

A round pocket of air made from soap and water

4 2.0

A liquid or powder that you add to bathwater to make foam and a nice smell

A cloud-shaped picture above a character's head showing what they think

bubble brain
  • Informal
1 9.5

A short time when someone cannot think clearly

A British dish made by frying leftover cabbage and potatoes, often served with eggs or bacon

A rounded shape in comics that shows what a character says or thinks

1 3.0

A clear plastic cover with small bubbles that holds a product on a piece of cardboard

bubble chamber
  • Archaic
1 7.8

A tank of very hot liquid where tiny bubbles show the paths of invisible particles

A small round pocket of gas that rises in champagne

1 3.6

Having a round, hollow shape like a small ball

1 9.8

A solo dance using large balloons to hide and show the dancer's body

1 4.2

A printer that uses heat to make tiny ink bubbles and prints them on paper

bubble shell
  • Specialized
1 8.9

A small sea snail with a thin round shell like a bubble

A round ball that you make by blowing air into chewing gum in your mouth

Westminster bubble
  • Literature
1 8.8

A group of politicians and journalists cut off from ordinary people and their problems

hubble-bubble
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A pipe with a long tube that passes tobacco smoke through water

bubble-jet printer
  • Specialized
3.8

A machine that prints by spraying tiny drops of ink onto paper

bubble gum dermatitis
  • Specialized
7.4

A skin rash around the lips after chewing bubble gum with artificial colors or flavors

A device that stores information as tiny magnetic areas on a thin layer, used in older computers

How Big

air pocket
  • Specialized
7 5.3
bubble
296 1.0
blister
48 2.4
bead
1 4.1

Surface Forms

bubble singular
bubbles plural

Etymology

Bubble comes from the sound bub- or 'bub' that people used to copy rising air in water, and a bubble is the small round pocket of air or gas you see in a liquid.