Meaning of bubble in English

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Verb
bubble
Definitions
1. form, produce, or emit bubbles
Examples
- « The soup was bubbling »
2. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
Examples
- « babbling brooks »
Derived terms
3. expel gas from the stomach
Examples
- « In China it is polite to burp at the table »
Derived terms
Noun
bubble
Etymology
Middle English: partly imitative, partly an alteration of burble
Definitions
1. a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
Derived terms
2. a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
Examples
- « his proposal was nothing but a house of cards »
- « a real estate bubble »
3. an impracticable and illusory idea
Examples
- « he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble »
4. a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic

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