bubble


bubble (http://definr.com/bubble)

     n 1: a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
     2: 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}]
     3: an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst
        the newcomer's bubble"
     4: a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
     v 1: form produce, or emit bubbles, as of liquids or gases; "The
          soup was bubbling"
     2: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise, as of
        water; "babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle,
         burble, gurgle]
     3: expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp
        at the table" [syn: burp, belch, eruct]