bubbleNoun( en noun) A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.A small spherical cavity in a solid material.- bubbles in window glass, or in a lens
Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
Verb( bubbl) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such in foods cooking).(archaic) To cheat, delude.* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 443:- No, no, friend, I shall never be bubbled out of my religion in hopes only of keeping my place under another government
* Addison- She has bubbled him out of his youth.
* Sterne- The great Locke, who was seldom outwitted by false sounds, was nevertheless bubbled here.
(intransitive, Scotland, and, Northern England) To cry, weep.
| frothNounfoam- Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.
* L'Estrange- It was a long speech, but all froth .
- Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth ?
VerbTo create froth in.- I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly.
To bubble.- The chemical frothed up when I added the acid.
To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.* Dryden- He froths treason at his mouth.
* Tennyson- Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more?
To cover with froth.- A horse froths his chain.
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