BUBBLE
Scrabble letter values: B3U1B3B3L1E1 = 12
Definition
- noun a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide).
- noun a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control. — synonyms: house_of_cards
- noun an impracticable and illusory idea.
- noun a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic.
- verb form, produce, or emit bubbles.
- verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise. — synonyms: ripple, babble, guggle, burble, gurgle
- verb rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles.
- verb cause to form bubbles.
- verb expel gas from the stomach. — synonyms: burp, belch, eruct
Examples
- “his proposal was nothing but a house of cards”
- “a real estate bubble”
- “he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble”