Definition of Bubble

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Bubble

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aerated waters.

A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.

A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.

The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.

Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble.

A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.

To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles.

To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream.

To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.

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Bubble Quotations

I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.
Mitch Hedberg

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.
William Osler

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
Marcus Aurelius

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
Marcus Aurelius

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.
Andrew Jackson

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.
George Santayana

We had a booming stock market in 1929 and then went into the world's greatest depression. We have a booming stock market in 1999. Will the bubble somehow burst, and then we enter depression? Well, some things are not different.
Jeffrey Sachs

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

I love doing normal things - movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums.
Christina Aguilera

Bubble Translations

bubble in Dutch is borrelen
bubble in French is bulle, vessie
bubble in German is blubbern, Blase, Blasen, sprudeln, sprudeln
bubble in Italian is soffio
bubble in Portuguese is bexiga, bolha
bubble in Spanish is burbuja, vejiga
bubble in Swedish is porla, bubbla

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