bubble

Meanings

• a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
• a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
  • "a real estate bubble"
• an impracticable and illusory idea
  • "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble"
• a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
• form, produce, or emit bubbles
• flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
• rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
  • "bubble to the surface"
• cause to form bubbles
  • "bubble gas through a liquid"
• expel gas from the stomach

Synonyms

babble, belch, burble, burp, eruct, guggle, gurgle, house of cards, ripple