Definition of bubble in English:

1A thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas.

1. 1.1An air- or gas-filled spherical cavity in a liquid or a solidified liquid such as glass.
   ‘the white foamy part of a broken wave is largely made up of air bubbles’
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   • ‘Drawn beads are produced from a bubble of molten glass that is drawn into a long hollow tube.’
   • ‘Stirring the mortar sample for 30 seconds releases entrained air bubbles into a viscous liquid at the base of a column of water.’
   • ‘One that caught my eye seemed to be a mass of bubbles in blown glass.’
   • ‘A popular form in the 1760s was the result of twisting opaque white or coloured glass into the stem, instead of air bubbles.’
   • ‘Plasma is a lightweight surface carefully coated with millions of tiny glass bubbles.’
   • ‘For instance, some of Le Bec-Fin's champagnes have to be in a curved glass in order to keep the bubbles inside the glass.’
   • ‘Drink from a tulip shaped glass to keep the bubbles in longer.’
   • ‘I just stared at an ornament on her desk, a glass paperweight riddled with air bubbles.’
   • ‘The water swirled around the glass, catching little bubbles of air and refusing to allow them to escape.’
   • ‘Bits of it glowed with a strange, orange light, trapped within tall bubbles of glass.’
   • ‘A beaker of soda glass with air bubbles and figures on either side of the coat-of-arms, and dated 1624’
   • ‘Derek picked up one of his mother's paperweights from the table: a glass bird trapped inside a glass bubble, trying to peck its way free.’
   • ‘To his intense distraction the delicate bubbles rise over the glass's rim and flow onto the table.’
   • ‘Spectra acquired from liquid samples that are inhomogeneous or that contain air bubbles can yield erroneous concentration values.’
   • ‘A proper, complete filling of the cell with liquid ensured the absence of the air bubbles while the cell was stirred.’
   • ‘The raising effect is caused by the heat reacting with other ingredients to form air bubbles of CO2, and these are trapped in the gluten forming pockets in the dough.’
   • ‘Chemical analysis of the ice and the air bubbles in these cores provide a picture of climate and atmosphere during the past 110,000 years.’
   • ‘For example, true Pilsners should be served in tall glasses to allow the continuous stream of sparkling bubbles to create a dense head and carry the hop aroma upwards.’
   • ‘It's such a simple idea: chocolate with air bubbles in it.’
   • ‘Add four eggs and half a cup of water to the paste and beat well with an egg beater till very frothy and air bubbles appear.’
   Synonyms

   globule, bead, blister, drop

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2Used to refer to a good or fortunate situation that is isolated from reality or unlikely to last.

1. 2.1Used to refer to a significant, usually rapid, increase in asset prices that is soon followed by a collapse in prices and typically arises from speculation or enthusiasm rather than intrinsic increases in value.
   ‘the US economy squandered trillions as a result of the 1990s stock market bubble’
   ‘many companies enjoyed rapid expansion before the bubble burst’
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   • ‘What we had in the 1990s was a classic bubble.’
   • ‘Our shrewdest move was not overreacting to the bubble or to the bust.’
   • ‘There has even been talk that housing could experience a crash reminiscent of the tech bubble.’
   • ‘Some think we may now have a potentially dangerous housing bubble that could pop.’
   • ‘During the Internet bubble we hired anyone who knew certain IT buzzwords.’
   • ‘The tech bubble was one of the great manias of all time.’
   • ‘The family-owned auction firm has built its success on the excesses associated with economic fads and stock-market bubbles.’
   • ‘When we have a boom-and-bust cycle like the Internet bubble, failures are almost inevitable.’
   • ‘After the Internet bubble burst, people stopped thinking about the transforming powers of technology.’
   • ‘Ever since the bubble burst about three years ago, anyone with a job probably felt lucky to have work at all.’
   • ‘And there is less sympathy for well-educated IT workers, many of whom benefited from a dramatic run-up in salaries during the bubble.’
   • ‘In almost every case, within a year after the bubble burst, people were eager to buy again.’
   • ‘When the dot-com bubble burst, much of the country's venture capital seemed to go with it.’
   • ‘Two months after Adams started sending out her business plan to venture capitalists and angels, the Internet bubble popped, and suddenly investors were guarding their checkbooks more closely.’
   • ‘Market bubble or no, there are good reasons - and smart ways - to invest in real estate.’
   • ‘Although officials denied that the city's real estate market is in a dangerous bubble, they are thinking of ways to slow its further expansion.’
   • ‘A rise in rates could help to avoid another dangerous bubble by warning investors and homebuyers that asset prices cannot rise for ever.’
   • ‘The root cause of this recession was the bursting of one of the biggest financial bubbles in history.’
   • ‘But, they got too caught up in the dotcom hype, and when the bubble burst they refused to admit that things had changed.’
   • ‘He argues that financial bubbles can lead to economic instability, with hard-to-control deflationary consequences.’
   • ‘Then, the bubble burst and thousands of investors were ruined.’
   • ‘Low interest rates have helped generate a housing bubble that has lifted real estate prices to ludicrous heights in major parts of the country.’
   • ‘Well, even after the bubble burst, housing prices continued to rise.’

3A transparent domed cover or enclosure.

1. 3.1A place or position that is protected from danger or unpleasant reality.
   ‘they are not on tour packages seeing foreign ports from a bubble’
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   • ‘Isolationists live in bubbles and are not aware that they will burst.’
   • ‘How can distances to objects be surveyed beyond our neighborhood bubble?’
   • ‘It was getting harder for the little man to maintain his bubble of safety but he fought on.’
   • ‘The motto was you have to step out of your bubble, your safety zone, and into your risk zone.’
   • ‘And the way she acted was like she had been shielded from all of the awful, cruel, inhumane things of the world, like she was in the safety of her own bubble.’
   • ‘The bubble of safety was gone, people shouldering carelessly by her as they moved down the street.’
   • ‘The residents' bubble of isolation has always been a blessing and a curse.’
   • ‘All in all, it has remained an isolated bubble - abstract, experimental, and virtual.’
   • ‘O'Neill, however, does not live in a bubble of isolation.’
   • ‘When we're isolated inside our American bubble, our problem seems as if it's only our problem.’
   • ‘Still, ideology scores high marks for the true believers who isolate themselves in a bubble of unreality.’
   • ‘In the sporting world at least, the United States remains firmly confined within an isolationist bubble.’
   • ‘The reaction many critics have to this sea of choices is to try and create a restrictive little bubble in their own image and then only allow access to people who can conform to that shape.’
   • ‘While there are all sorts of useful databases and modeling packages being developed by biotech firms and labs, they all exist in isolated developmental bubbles.’
   • ‘The isolation bubble in which national politicians are forced to live has been plain enough to see for the last quarter of a century.’
   • ‘At a formal level, experimentation started in a bubble of isolation, but decidedly against the tropes of the zhuanti pian.’
   • ‘Earlier this month, a cover story depicted him as living inside a bubble, isolated from knowledge of the real world.’
   • ‘Still, Ryan is unsure how this approach will translate to his life outside the politically charged, academic bubble of Smith College.’
   • ‘Too easy to go about your business in your car and stay in your little protected bubble and not see what's around you.’
   • ‘Sporting an infuriating lack of any understanding of anything outside the sterile bubble of the limited experiences of their pampered little lives.’

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Bullidae and other families, order Cephalaspidea, class Gastropoda

1(of a liquid) form rising bubbles of gas or air.

1. 1.1Make a bubbling sound.
   ‘close by, a stream bubbled along through reeds and rushes’
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   • ‘The aim of the bubbling fountains is to create water sounds which are meant to be soothing.’
   • ‘The use of rhythm is usually absent, in favor of floating bass and bubbling sine waves.’
   • ‘Not far away is Rotorua, a tourist spot famed for its steam, geysers, bubbling mud and foul, sulphurous smells.’
   • ‘Here, during the rainy season, rapid bubbling rivers flow along the bottoms of these chasms.’
   • ‘In the mountains of southern Arizona, a creek bubbles down a wooded canyon, heading to the desert a mile below.’
   • ‘The entire route is marked with bubbling rivulets and gushing waterfalls.’
   • ‘A fountain still bubbled in the center though most of the colorful tiles were missing or broken.’
   • ‘But for those willing to look beneath the surface, there are a whole host of diverse sounds bubbling away.’
   • ‘The only noise is from the Fontana Amorosa, or fountain of love, bubbling forth nearby.’
   • ‘When you thought you could drift into beautiful melancholy track after track, sound effects bubble their way through.’
   • ‘What Hawkins does best is build a steady pace into each track to make a stream of bubbling sounds and images.’
   • ‘The temples are built next to bubbling springs of hot water that surge from under the ground.’
   • ‘Instead a circle of water forms a large ring, with waterfalls and bubbling rapids, ending in a tranquil pool.’
   • ‘With a small sigh, she sat down on the edge of a bubbling fountain at the center of the square.’
   • ‘You can luxuriate in the coffee's aroma and listen to the soothing bubbling sound from the bar as another jug of milk is frothed.’
   • ‘The musical sound of the water bubbling over the streambed put his troubled mind at ease.’
   • ‘It didn't take much time for her to relax and enjoy the sound of bubbling water and birds chirping.’
   • ‘She guessed that he didn't sit around thinking about daisies and bubbling creeks all day.’
   • ‘To my surprise she laughed, the sound bubbling forth from her throat in a musical rhapsody.’
   • ‘Underwater, the muffled bubbling sound of the frantic struggles of the people about her.’
   Synonyms

   gurgle, bubble, murmur, purr, purl, tinkle, whir, drone, rumble, buzz, hum

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2. 1.2bubble with/over withBe filled with an irrepressible positive feeling.
   ‘Ellen was bubbling with enthusiasm’
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   • ‘The hoteliers, restaurants and bars are more than happy with this development and are bubbling with enthusiasm for the calibre of their new hard-working recruits who actually volunteer for overtime to reach their saving goals.’
   • ‘His mind is bubbling with ideas to help improve the West of Ireland.’
   • ‘Davy Conway can contribute a lot more from play while Michael John Tierney often looks too complacent on the ball while bubbling with self-confidence.’
   • ‘Rice is bubbling with enthusiasm for his latest project.’
   • ‘Mixing and matching salsa with traditional Scottish music didn't seem such a wild idea at the time as Edinburgh was bubbling with musical cross-fertilisations.’
   • ‘Nevertheless, it's a chucklesome 200-odd pages, bright and breezy and bubbling with imagination and enthusiasm.’
   • ‘Widely argued to be the capital of the north, Leeds is bubbling with activity, so if you're looking for a quiet break, head for the moors.’
   • ‘Smiling, bubbling with energy and exuding a quiet confidence, Annie Maria doesn't exactly fit in with one's image of an evangelist.’
   • ‘The healthy York contingent crowded around the players' tunnel to cheer the lads off the field, and although one victory does not a season make, the players, staff and fans all left Don Valley bubbling with renewed excitement.’
   • ‘Her mother bubbled over enthusiastically with tales of her progress.’
   • ‘Even before we part, he's getting me maps, inking in West Coast routes, bubbling with excitement about the possibilities.’
   • ‘‘I want to take a post-graduate degree in English and then master IT also,’ the youth says, bubbling with enthusiasm.’
   • ‘She was bubbling with energy, except for the few cracks in confidence that surfaced every time an inquiring scribe insisted on reminding her that she was yet to make it big.’
   • ‘They were bubbling with enthusiasm as they learnt new words such as ‘mano sakthi’ and ‘anma sakthi.’’
   • ‘A few of the stories first appeared as recently as last year, showing that Spark, even at 83, is still bubbling with ideas full of wit, mischief and invention.’
   • ‘Italo Stars have hit a rich vein of form and will be bubbling with confidence for Saturday's home clash with Goonellabah at 3 pm.’
   • ‘‘It was probably an act of extortion of a criminal nature,’ she says, her voice bubbling with the energy that epitomises her.’
   • ‘Make sure your office staff bubbles with personality and that they always describe the studio in positive terms.’
   • ‘Well the newspapers, TV reports and radio broadcasts are fairly bubbling with excitement over the upcoming federal election and that's great.’
   • ‘Several times a month, even in old age, he worked all night, and some friend such as Bryan Magee would get an early morning call from Popper, bubbling with excitement to report on his latest ideas.’
   Synonyms

   overflow, brim over, be filled, run over, gush

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3. 1.3bubble up(of a feeling) become more intense and approach the point of being expressed.
   ‘the fury bubbling up inside her’
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   • ‘The stories that spring to mind while looking at this work are both humorous and unsettling, bubbling up from one's unconscious like twisted fairy tales.’
   • ‘I had to suppress a hysterical giggle bubbling up inside of me.’
   • ‘Well, this has been sort of bubbling up for the past few years.’
   • ‘When you see a topic bubble up in weblogs, I believe that matters because it is an indication of the topic bubbling up across the populace.’
   • ‘‘I don't believe I have the right to be a best-selling author,’ Truss says, the self-doubt bubbling up again.’
   • ‘Anyway, whatever keeps bubbling up from my subconscious, rest assured you'll read it here.’
   • ‘I can feel excitement bubbling up to the surface for the first time since I set off and remember how great my last trip to Australia was 4 years ago.’
   • ‘This results in deeply disturbing memories bubbling up from the depths.’
   • ‘I hate being so fatalistic, but I can't ignore the fear and tension bubbling up inside my mind right now.’
   • ‘I wish I had time to look this one up; I was so tired at the time it barely registered, but it bubbled up to the surface later in the day.’
   • ‘Many more, though, are just pointers to news stories bubbling up beneath the radar of the national political press.’
   • ‘This common-sense progressive message already is bubbling up from the grassroots to party leaders.’
   • ‘So this is something that's really been bubbling up from the surface.’
   • ‘I felt a hallelujah bubbling up in my throat but quickly suppressed it when we were asked to stand and sing along.’
   • ‘This is a great opportunity to see the new talent and the fresh ideas that are bubbling up in the Australian film world.’
   • ‘The thought remains imminent - just below perception, and bubbles up in strangely symbolic dreams and eruptions of irrationality in your everyday life like cryptic, confusing posts on a weblog.’
   • ‘‘Web services’ is one of those tech buzzwords that bubbles up and takes hold.’
   • ‘But still that end-of-summer dread bubbles up within my body's cells.’
   • ‘His strange sense of humour still bubbles up to the surface from time to time, although his action sequences truly distinguish his work.’
   • ‘Still, it's the cheerful inner spirit that bubbles up from within, that characterises the successful model.’