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Bubble

/ˈbʌb.əl/

A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.

📖 Definitions of "Bubble"

noun

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.

verb

1
To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
2
To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
"Rage bubbled inside him."
3
To rise through a medium or system, similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.
4
To cheat, delude.

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
burblenoun	(intransitive) To bubble; to gurgle.
ripplenoun	A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
babblenoun	(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
gurglenoun	To make such a sound.
belchnoun	(ambitransitive, immunology) To expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.
gugglenoun	The sound of liquid being poured.
burpnoun	(chiefly Canada, US) A belch.
eructverb	(formal) To burp or belch.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
gugglenoun	The sound of liquid being poured.
ripplenoun	A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
burblenoun	A gush of rapid speech.
gurglenoun	A gurgling sound.
belchnoun	An instance of belching; the sound that it makes.
burpnoun	(chiefly Canada, US) A belch.
eructverb	(formal) To burp or belch.
babblenoun	Idle talk; senseless prattle
foamnoun	A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
bathnoun	The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
sealantnoun	Any material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid.
valvenoun	A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
rooftopnoun	(somewhat formal) The area atop a roof.
sealernoun	A tool used to seal something.
roofnoun	(architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.
bullnoun	An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
bustnoun	(slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
boomnoun	A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
balloonnoun	An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
brothnoun	(uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.