bubbles

Meanings

Noun

• a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
• a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
• an impracticable and illusory idea
• a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
• plural of bubble
• Sparkling wine; champagne.

Verb

• form, produce, or emit bubbles
• flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
• rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
• cause to form bubbles
• expel gas from the stomach
• third-person singular simple present indicative of bubble

Synonyms

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