Noun
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a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
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an impracticable and illusory idea
"he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble"
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a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
"his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"
"a real estate bubble"
- house of cards -
a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
Verb
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expel gas from the stomach
"In China it is polite to burp at the table"
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cause to form bubbles
"bubble gas through a liquid"
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rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
"bubble to the surface"
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flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
"babbling brooks"
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form, produce, or emit bubbles
"The soup was bubbling"