Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [buhb-uh l]
- /ˈbʌb əl/
- /ˈbʌbl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [buhb-uh l]
- /ˈbʌb əl/
Definitions of bubble word
- countable noun bubble Bubbles are small balls of air or gas in a liquid. 3
- countable noun bubble A bubble is a hollow ball of soapy liquid that is floating in the air or standing on a surface. 3
- countable noun bubble A bubble is a situation in which large numbers of people want to buy shares in a company that is new or not yet financially successful, and pay more than the shares are worth. When it becomes clear that the shares are worth less than people paid for them, you can say that the bubble has burst. 3
- countable noun bubble In a cartoon, a speech bubble is the shape which surrounds the words which a character is thinking or saying. 3
- verb bubble When a liquid bubbles, bubbles move in it, for example because it is boiling or moving quickly. 3
- verb bubble If something bubbles, it is very busy or lively. 3
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Origin of bubble
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English bobel (noun); cognate with Middle Dutch bobbel, Middle Low German bubbele, Sw bubbla
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Parts of speech for Bubble
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bubble popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bubble
noun bubble
- droplet — a little drop.
- balloon — A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations.
- foam — a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer.
- blob — A blob of thick or sticky liquid is a small, often round, amount of it.
- froth — an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
verb bubble
- fester — to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate.
- gurgle — to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
- churn — A churn is a container which is used for making butter.
- seep — to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance: Water seeps through cracks in the wall.
- smolder — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
Antonyms for bubble
verb bubble
- freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
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