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

form, produce, or emit bubbles; The soup was bubbling'

flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; babbling brooks

[ Syn: ripple , babble , guggle , burble , gurgle ]

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

[ Syn: burp , belch , eruct ]