a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; his proposal was nothing but a house of cards; a real estate bubble
[ Syn: house of cards ]
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
bubble (n.)
form, produce, or emit bubbles; The soup was bubbling'
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; babbling brooks
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; In China it is polite to burp at the table