bubble
bubble is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aërated waters.
- 2.A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.
- 3.A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
- 4.The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
- 5.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. Then a soldier . . . Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. Shak.
- 6.A person deceived by an empty project; a gull. [Obs.] "Ganny's a cheat, and I'm a bubble." Prior.
- 7.To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles. The milk that bubbled in the pail. Tennyson.
- 8.To run with a gurdling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream. Pope.
- 9.To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound. At mine ear Bubbled the nightingale and heeded not. Tennyson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- airy
- astatic
- balloon
- barm
- bay
- boil
- boiling
- bubbly
- buoy
- buoyancy
- buoyant
- chloride
- cobweb
- cohobate
- cohobation
- convection
- cork
- cupellation
- distill
- distillation
- down
- draft
- dust
- effervesce
- effervescence
- effervescent
- emit
- ether
- ethereal
- evaporable
- evaporate
- evaporation
- exhalation
- exhale
- feather
- ferment
- finestill
- float
- floating
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is bubble.
- What is a small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aërated waters called?
- What is a globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens called?
- What is a small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits called?
- What is the globule of air in the spirit tube of a level called?
- What is a person deceived by an empty project; a gull. [Obs.] "Ganny's a cheat, and I'm a bubble." Prior called?
- What is to rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles. The milk that bubbled in the pail. Tennyson called?
- What is to run with a gurdling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream. Pope called?
- What is to sing with a gurgling or warbling sound. At mine ear Bubbled the nightingale and heeded not. Tennyson called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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