Bub

noun

An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.

noun

A woman's breast.

1. A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.
2. A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.

noun

A baby.

noun

Champagne; bubbly.

verb

To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.

1. A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
2. A small spherical cavity in a solid material.

   bubbles in window glass, or in a lens

3. (by extension) Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
4. Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.
5. A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.

   dot-com bubble

6. The emotional and/or physical atmosphere in which the subject is immersed.
7. An officer's station in a prison dormitory, affording views on all sides.
8. Someone who has been ‘bubbled’ or fooled; a dupe.
9. A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
10. The globule of air in the chamber of a spirit level.
11. A laugh.

    Are you having a bubble?!

12. A Greek.
13. Any of the small magnetized areas that make up bubble memory.
14. The point in a poker tournament when the last player without a prize loses all their chips and leaves the game, leaving only players that are going to win prizes. (e.g., if the last remaining 9 players win prizes, then the point when the 10th player leaves the tournament)

    Many players tend to play timidly (not play many hands) around the bubble, to keep their chips and last longer in the game.

15. A group of people who are in quarantine together.