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