bubbles

Meaning of bubbles

plural noun
  1. a thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas.
    we'd shake up a piece of soap in a tin of warm water and blow bubbles
  2. used to refer to a good or fortunate situation that is isolated from reality or unlikely to last.
    we both lived in a bubble, the kind provided by occupying a privileged pied-à-terre in Greenwich Village
  3. a transparent domed cover or enclosure.
    piglets born into a sterile bubble
  4. a marine mollusc that typically has a thin scroll-like shell.
verb, 3rd person present
  1. (of a liquid) form rising bubbles of gas or air.
    a pot of coffee bubbled away on the stove

Middle English: partly imitative, partly an alteration of burble.

Information about bubbles

  • The singular form of bubbles is: bubble.
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Hyphenation of bubbles

bub-bles

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • bubbles is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

bubbles synonyms

Meaning an instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience:

illusion

Meaning an idiosyncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder:

delusion

Meaning the faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things:

fantasy

Meaning a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep:

dream

Meaning a series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present:

daydream

Meaning (in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail:

chimera

Meaning excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements:

vanity

Meaning shine brightly with flashes of light:

sparkle

Meaning (of a liquid) produce bubbles of gas and make a hissing sound:

fizz

Meaning (of a liquid) give off bubbles:

effervesce

Meaning make a hollow bubbling sound like that made by water running out of a bottle:

gurgle

Meaning form or produce a mass of small bubbles; froth:

foam

Meaning form or contain a rising or overflowing mass of small bubbles:

froth

Meaning form or produce a mass of froth or foam:

spume

Meaning (with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour:

boil

Meaning (of water or food that is being heated) stay just below boiling point while bubbling gently:

simmer

Meaning (of a liquid) boil or be turbulent as if boiling:

seethe

Words that rhyme with bubbles

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