bubble
To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubblesTo produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
» Don't burst my bubble.
Zerstöre nicht meinen Traum!
Bring doch meine Seifenblase nicht zum Platzen!
Не разрушай мою мечту.
Не руйнуй мою мрію.
Meaning
15 senses(intransitive)To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
The laminate is bubbling.
blubbern
rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
(figuratively, intransitive)To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
Rage bubbled inside him.
(figuratively, intransitive)To rise through a medium or system, similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.
(Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)To cry, weep.
(transitive)To pat a baby on the back so as to cause it to belch.
(transitive)To cause to feel as if bubbling or churning.
(transitive)To express in a bubbly or lively manner.
(transitive)To form into a protruding round shape.
(transitive)To cover with bubbles.
form, produce, or emit bubbles
(transitive)To bubble in; to mark a response on a form by filling in a circular area (‘bubble’).
To apply a filter bubble, as to search results.
(intransitive)To join together in a support bubble
Examples
140 sentencesDon't burst my bubble.
Не руйнуй мою мрію. — deniko
ruНе разрушай мою мечту. — sharptoothed
deZerstöre nicht meinen Traum! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is chewing bubble gum.
Том жує жувальну гумку. — deniko
ruТом жуёт жвачку. — odexed
deTom kaut einen Kaugummi. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Have you ever taken a bubble bath?
How often do you take a bubble bath?
Tom's problem is that he lives in his own bubble.
ruПроблема Тома в том, что он живёт в своём собственном мирке. — marafon
deToms Problem ist, dass er in seiner eigenen kleinen Welt lebt. — Zaghawa
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Partly imitative, also influenced by burble. Compare Middle Dutch bobbe (“bubble”) > DutchPartly imitative, also influenced by burble. Compare Middle Dutch bobbe (“bubble”) > Dutch bubbel (“bubble”), Low German bubbel (“bubble”), Danish boble (“bubble”), Swedish bubbla (“bubble”). The word was first used in its economic sense in association with the collapse of the South Sea Company in 1720, based on the metaphor of an inflated soap bubble bursting.
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Forms
bubbles, bubbling, bubbled, bubbledPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbs- bubble overпереливатися, перелитисяTo be very enthusiastic, or highly excited.
- bubble upTo move upward in bubbles or in a way suggesting bubbles.
- bubble inTo mark a response on a form, particularly on a multiple-choice exam, by filling in a circular area (‘bubble’).
- bubble underTo remain beneath a level.
Synonyms
8 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle