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Another word for bubble

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Noun

  1. A fantastic, impracticable plan or desire

      1. An arc of spectral colors, usually identified as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, that appears in the sky opposite the sun as a result of the refractive dispersion of sunlight in drops of rain or mist.
      2. A similar arc or band, as one produced by a prism or by iridescence.
      3. A graded display of colors.
      1. A fantastic notion or vain hope.
      1. An erroneous perception of reality:
      2. An erroneous concept or belief:
      3. The condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief:
      1. The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy.
      2. Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy.
      3. A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.
      1. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
      2. A daydream; a reverie.
      3. A state of abstraction; a trance:
      1. An organism, organ, or part consisting of two or more tissues of different genetic composition, produced as a result of organ transplant, grafting, or genetic engineering.
      2. A substance, such as an antibody, created from the proteins or genes of two different species.
      3. An individual who has received a transplant of genetically and immunologically different tissue.
      1. an imaginary scheme not likely to be realized; daydream
    See also:

    real

Verb

  1. To form or cause to form foam

      1. Any of various unicellular fungi of the genus Saccharomyces, especially S. cerevisiae, reproducing asexually by budding or sexually through the production of ascospores and capable of fermenting carbohydrates.
      2. Any of numerous fungi that exhibit a one-celled growth form and reproduce by budding, including certain candidas that can cause infections in humans.
      3. Froth consisting of yeast cells together with the carbon dioxide they produce in the process of fermentation, present in or added to fruit juices and other substances in the production of alcoholic beverages.
      1. Soapy water.
      2. Foam; lather.
      3. Beer.
      1. Foam or froth on a liquid, as on the sea.
      2. To froth or foam.
      1. A foam formed by soap or detergent agitated in water, as in washing or shaving.
      2. Froth formed by profuse sweating, as on a horse.
      3. A condition of anxious or heated discomposure; agitation:
      1. A mass of bubbles in or on a liquid; foam.
      2. Salivary foam released as a result of disease or exhaustion.
      3. Something unsubstantial or trivial:
      1. A colloidal dispersion of a gas in a liquid or solid medium, such as shaving cream, foam rubber, or a substance used to fight fires. A foam may be produced, especially on the surface of a liquid, by agitation or by a chemical reaction, such as fermentation.
      2. Any of various light, porous, semirigid or spongy materials, usually the solidified form of a liquid full of gas bubbles, used as a building material or for thermal insulation or shock absorption, as in packaging.
      3. Frothy saliva produced especially as a result of physical exertion or a pathological condition.
      1. To make a hissing or bubbling sound; effervesce.
      2. A hissing or bubbling sound.
      3. Effervescence.
      1. To emit small bubbles of gas, as a carbonated or fermenting liquid.
      2. To escape from a liquid as bubbles; bubble up.
      3. To show high spirits or animation.
      1. The yellowish fatty component of unhomogenized milk that tends to accumulate at the surface.
      2. Any of various substances resembling or containing cream:
      3. A pale yellow to yellowish white.
    See also:

    solid

  2. To flow or move with a low slapping sound

      1. To cleanse, using water or other liquid, usually with soap, detergent, or bleach, by immersing, dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing:
      2. To soak, rinse out, and remove (dirt or stain) with water or other liquid:
      3. To make moist or wet; drench:
      1. A splash of water or other liquid hitting a solid surface.
      2. The sound of such a splash.
      3. A narrow channel through which tides flow.
      1. To propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses.
      2. To scatter fluid onto (a surface) in flying masses; wet, stain, or soil with flying fluid.
      3. To cause (something) to scatter fluid in flying masses:
      1. The front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person.
      2. The portion of a garment that covers the lap.
      3. A hanging or flaplike part, especially of a garment.
      1. To flow in a broken irregular current with a bubbling sound:
      2. To make a sound similar to this:
      3. To express or pronounce with a broken, irregular, bubbling sound.
      1. A gurgling or bubbling sound, as of running water.
      2. A rapid, excited flow of speech.
      3. A separation in the boundary layer of fluid about a moving streamlined body, such as the wing of an airplane, causing a breakdown in the smooth flow of fluid and resulting in turbulence.
    See also:

    sounds

    move

  3. To be in a state of emotional or mental turmoil

      1. To burn with little smoke and no flame.
      2. To exist in a suppressed state:
      3. To show signs of repressed anger or hatred.
      1. To be cooked gently or remain just at or below the boiling point.
      2. To be filled with pent-up emotion:
      3. To be in a state of mild agitation or turmoil:
      1. To churn and foam as if boiling.
      2. To be in a state of turmoil or ferment:
      3. To be violently excited or agitated:
      1. Something, such as a yeast, bacterium, mold, or enzyme, that causes fermentation.
      2. Fermentation.
      3. A state of agitation or of turbulent change or development.
      1. A vessel or device in which cream or milk is agitated to separate the oily globules from the caseous and serous parts, used to make butter.
      2. Turbulence or agitation:
      3. To agitate or stir (milk or cream) in order to make butter.
      1. To undergo combustion or be consumed as fuel:
      2. To be damaged, injured, or destroyed by fire, heat, radiation, electricity, or a caustic agent:
      3. To consume fuel:
      1. To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat:
      2. To reach the boiling point.
      3. To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.
    See also:

    calm

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Another word for bubble

Noun
      1. To make a hissing or bubbling sound; effervesce.
      2. A hissing or bubbling sound.
      3. Effervescence.
      1. saturation with carbon dioxide, as in the manufacture of soda water
      2. the removal of lime, as in sugar refining, by precipitating it with carbon dioxide
      1. A foam formed by soap or detergent agitated in water, as in washing or shaving.
      2. Froth formed by profuse sweating, as on a horse.
      3. A condition of anxious or heated discomposure; agitation:
      1. The bubbling of a solution due to the escape of gas. The gas may form by a chemical reaction, as in a fermenting liquid, or by coming out of solution after having been under pressure, as in a carbonated drink.
      1. A mass of bubbles in or on a liquid; foam.
      2. Salivary foam released as a result of disease or exhaustion.
      3. Something unsubstantial or trivial:
      1. A colloidal dispersion of a gas in a liquid or solid medium, such as shaving cream, foam rubber, or a substance used to fight fires. A foam may be produced, especially on the surface of a liquid, by agitation or by a chemical reaction, such as fermentation.
      2. Any of various light, porous, semirigid or spongy materials, usually the solidified form of a liquid full of gas bubbles, used as a building material or for thermal insulation or shock absorption, as in packaging.
      3. Frothy saliva produced especially as a result of physical exertion or a pathological condition.
      1. A flexible bag designed to be inflated with hot air or with a gas, such as helium, that is lighter than the surrounding air, causing it to rise and float in the atmosphere.
      2. Such a bag with sufficient capacity to lift and transport a suspended gondola or other load.
      3. Such a bag shaped like a figure or object when inflated; an inflatable.
      1. A bubble, especially a large one, formed from soapy water.
      2. Something beautiful but transient or illusory.
      1. A small pocket of air inside a solid, a liquid or surrounded by a colloid within a larger fluid environment.
      1. A pouch or pouchlike structure in an organism, sometimes filled with fluid.
      1. A small spherical mass, especially a small drop of liquid.
    See also:

    froth

Verb
      1. A foam formed by soap or detergent agitated in water, as in washing or shaving.
      2. Froth formed by profuse sweating, as on a horse.
      3. A condition of anxious or heated discomposure; agitation:
      1. To give off sparks.
      2. To give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter:
      3. To be reflected in small flashes of light:
      1. To make a hissing or sputtering sound.
      2. To fail or end weakly, especially after a hopeful beginning.
      3. A failure.
      1. A gurgling or bubbling sound, as of running water.
      2. A rapid, excited flow of speech.
      3. A separation in the boundary layer of fluid about a moving streamlined body, such as the wing of an airplane, causing a breakdown in the smooth flow of fluid and resulting in turbulence.
      1. A point or matter of discussion, debate, or dispute:
      2. A matter of public concern:
      3. A misgiving, objection, or complaint:
      1. To throw or force something out violently, as lava, ash, and gases:
      2. To be thrown or forced out:
      3. To develop suddenly:
      1. Something, such as a yeast, bacterium, mold, or enzyme, that causes fermentation.
      2. Fermentation.
      3. A state of agitation or of turbulent change or development.
      1. A current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, especially in a circular motion.
      2. A drift or tendency that is counter to or separate from a main current, as of opinion, tradition, or history.
      3. To move in or as if in an eddy or eddies:
      1. Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something:
      2. Such effort or activity by which one makes a living; employment:
      3. A trade, profession, or other means of livelihood:
      1. To pass slowly through small openings or pores; ooze:
      2. To enter, depart, or become diffused gradually:
      3. A place on land or underwater where a liquid or gas oozes out of the ground.
      1. To be cooked gently or remain just at or below the boiling point.
      2. To be filled with pent-up emotion:
      3. To be in a state of mild agitation or turmoil:
      1. Foam or froth on a liquid, as on the sea.
      2. To froth or foam.
      1. To cause (liquid, for example) to pass through a porous substance or small holes; filter.
      2. To pass or ooze through:
      3. To make (coffee) in a percolator.
      1. To churn and foam as if boiling.
      2. To be in a state of turmoil or ferment:
      3. To be violently excited or agitated:
      1. To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat:
      2. To reach the boiling point.
      3. To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.
      1. To make a hissing or bubbling sound; effervesce.
      2. A hissing or bubbling sound.
      3. Effervescence.
      1. To emit small bubbles of gas, as a carbonated or fermenting liquid.
      2. To escape from a liquid as bubbles; bubble up.
      3. To show high spirits or animation.
      1. To flow or fall in drops or in a thin stream.
      2. To move or proceed slowly or bit by bit:
      3. To cause to trickle.
      1. A deep hole or shaft sunk into the earth to obtain water, oil, gas, or brine.
      2. A container or reservoir for a liquid, such as ink.
      3. A place where water issues from the earth; a spring or fountain.
      1. To flow forth suddenly in great volume:
      2. To emit a sudden and abundant flow, as of tears.
      3. To make an excessive display of sentiment or enthusiasm:
      1. To flow in a broken irregular current with a bubbling sound:
      2. To make a sound similar to this:
      3. To express or pronounce with a broken, irregular, bubbling sound.
      1. A colloidal dispersion of a gas in a liquid or solid medium, such as shaving cream, foam rubber, or a substance used to fight fires. A foam may be produced, especially on the surface of a liquid, by agitation or by a chemical reaction, such as fermentation.
      2. Any of various light, porous, semirigid or spongy materials, usually the solidified form of a liquid full of gas bubbles, used as a building material or for thermal insulation or shock absorption, as in packaging.
      3. Frothy saliva produced especially as a result of physical exertion or a pathological condition.
      1. A mass of bubbles in or on a liquid; foam.
      2. Salivary foam released as a result of disease or exhaustion.
      3. Something unsubstantial or trivial:
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Sentence Examples

  • She felt panic bubble and tears sting her eyes once again.

  • The warm bubble bath was relaxing.

  • You can't live inside a bubble, you know.

  • Taran felt anger bubble within him.

  • Dean didn't want to pop his bubble, so he remained quiet.

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