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bubble

('b/@/b/@/l )

a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)(noun.object)

source: wordnet30
a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control(noun.cognition)

Example:
A real estate bubble.

Synonym:
house of cards

source: wordnet30
an impracticable and illusory idea(noun.cognition)

Example:
He didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble.

source: wordnet30
a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic(noun.artifact)

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A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.(noun)

source: webster1913

form, produce, or emit bubbles(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise(verb.perception)

Synonym:
babble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple

source: wordnet30
rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles(verb.motion)

Example:
Bubble to the surface.

source: wordnet30
cause to form bubbles(verb.change)

Example:
Bubble gas through a liquid.

source: wordnet30
expel gas from the stomach(verb.body)

Synonym:
belch, burp, eruct

source: wordnet30
To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles.(verb)

source: webster1913

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