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Bubbles

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

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📖 Definitions of "Bubbles"

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.

noun

1
Sparkling wine; champagne.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bubbles"

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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
balloonnoun	An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
bullsnoun	A surname.
balloons	"Balloons" is the first single from the album Antidotes by Foals.
blebsnoun	A bubble, such as in paint or glass.
boilsnoun	The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.
foamsnoun	A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
dropletsnoun	A very small drop.
globulesnoun	A small round particle of substance; a drop.
beadsnoun	A beaded necklace.
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blistersnoun	A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
vesiclesnoun	(cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.