bubble
A spherically contained volume of air or other gas in a liquid, commonly a soapy liquid.
Noun 4 meanings
A spherically contained volume of air or other gas in a liquid, commonly a soapy liquid.
A small spherical cavity in a solid material.
“bubbles in window glass, or in a lens”
Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.
Verb 4 meanings
To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
“The laminate is bubbling.”
To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
“Rage bubbled inside him.”
To rise through a medium or system, similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.
To cry, weep.
Etymology
Partly imitative, also influenced by burble. Compare Middle Dutch bobbe (“bubble”) > Dutch bubbel (“bubble”), Low German bubbel (“bubble”), Danish boble (“bubble”), Swedish bubbla (“bubble”).
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BUBBLE at a glance
BUBBLE has 6 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (B 3 + U 1 + B 3 + B 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,386 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with bubble
All rhymes- ABLE6
- POSSIBLE12
- AVAILABLE14
- TABLE7
- DOUBLE9
- RESPONSIBLE15
- TROUBLE9
- IMPOSSIBLE16
- TERRIBLE10
- COMFORTABLE20
- INCREDIBLE15
- CAPABLE13
One letter away
- RUBBLE10
- BUBBLY15
- BUMBLE12
- BABBLE12
- BOBBLE12
- BURBLE10
- BIBBLE12
- BUBBIE12
- NUBBLE10
- BUBALE10
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