Bubble
noun
A sphere filled with air or gas.
He blew bubbles through the wand into the air
Often appears as...
- bubble bath
- bubble gum
noun
A period of great wealth that suddenly ends.
The stock market crash of 2008 burst the housing bubble
Often appears as...
- housing bubble
- bubble economy
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Technical
verb
To produce or come out in bubbles.
The boiling water started bubbling
Often appears as...
- bubble up
- bubble over
noun
A safe or isolated condition.
Living in a bubble protects you from the outside world
Often appears as...
- bubble of comfort
- live in a bubble
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Idiomatic
noun
A good mood or a state of happiness.
His enthusiasm really brought us all into a bubble
Often appears as...
- in a bubble
- burst someone's bubble
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Informal
Colloquial
noun
A sphere filled with air or gas.
He blew bubbles through the wand into the air
Often appears as...
- bubble bath
- bubble gum
noun
A period of great wealth that suddenly ends.
The stock market crash of 2008 burst the housing bubble
Often appears as...
- housing bubble
- bubble economy
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To produce or come out in bubbles.
The boiling water started bubbling
Often appears as...
- bubble up
- bubble over
noun
A safe or isolated condition.
Living in a bubble protects you from the outside world
Often appears as...
- bubble of comfort
- live in a bubble
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A good mood or a state of happiness.
His enthusiasm really brought us all into a bubble
Often appears as...
- in a bubble
- burst someone's bubble
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/2Children's Joy
The word 'bubble' often relates to playful activities, especially for children.
The kids spent the afternoon popping soap bubbles.
Pro Tip 2/2Fragility
'Bubble' can imply something delicate, easily burst or broken.
Her dream was like a bubble, beautiful but fragile.
Pro Tip 1/2Children's Joy
The word 'bubble' often relates to playful activities, especially for children.
The kids spent the afternoon popping soap bubbles.
Pro Tip 2/2Fragility
'Bubble' can imply something delicate, easily burst or broken.
Her dream was like a bubble, beautiful but fragile.
Pro Tip 1/2Children's Joy
The word 'bubble' often relates to playful activities, especially for children.
The kids spent the afternoon popping soap bubbles.
Pro Tip 2/2Fragility
'Bubble' can imply something delicate, easily burst or broken.
Her dream was like a bubble, beautiful but fragile.
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The history of the...
it supported his idea that weight was the deciding factor. A variation on the experiment used two tubes with one having a large bubble at the top. If Galileo's interpretation had been correct, the bigger vacuum in the second tube should have exerted more suction and lifted the mercury higher. But the level in both tubes was the same.
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Can Penguins Fly? PIPE...
I love when our visitors have questions about birds. There are definitely some questions that are unusual to me that people maybe want to know the answers for. I think sometimes you get in a little bubble and I get so used to being around penguins and getting to know about their characteristics and their personalities
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Paul Nicklen: Emperors...
micro bubbles around their entire body as they raced to exit the surface and it acted like a lubricant to reduce the friction and the drag around their body so they could increase speed to exit the water to a gain height but more importantly to avoid the predation of leopard seals and so now we had this new
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This Platypus Can Glow...
birds are developing their feathers there are tiny bubbles of water that help push the feather out and what happens is is the water evaporates leaving holes in the feather now wavelengths travel down from the sun they bounce off in these little holes and depending on the type of wavelength
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Computing with fluids PIPE...
didn't scale otherwise you would be holding some vet laptops right now but I started thinking about this more than 10 years ago I spent a lot of time in my PhD my friends tell me playing with bubbles and I did figure out a way to build a universal computation using
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What's Hiding in the...
searchlights i'm sitting beside the pilot in the transparent bubble in the middle and the whole craft is massively strengthened to withstand the huge pressures of the depths as we go down it gets darker and darker the water is thick with small floating
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What causes economic...
Today, scholars work long and hard trying to predict what causes a bubble and how to avoid them. Tulip mania is an effective illustration of the underlying principles at work in a bubble and can help us understand more recent examples
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Beware online "filter...
So I do think this is a problem. And I think, if you take all of these filters together, you take all these algorithms, you get what I call a filter bubble. And your filter bubble is your own personal, unique universe of information
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Why do your knuckles...
like the importance of eating spinach. The jury's still out on that one. As for knuckle-cracking, one study suggests that all that joint stretching and bubble bursting can cause your hands to swell
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Predators Swim In The...
right now you're a bar deep pool and even from here you can see all the way to the bottom you may have noticed the riverbed is bubbling
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The history of the...
it supported his idea that weight was the deciding factor. A variation on the experiment used two tubes with one having a large bubble at the top. If Galileo's interpretation had been correct, the bigger vacuum in the second tube should have exerted more suction and lifted the mercury higher. But the level in both tubes was the same.
Video examples
Can Penguins Fly? PIPE...
I love when our visitors have questions about birds. There are definitely some questions that are unusual to me that people maybe want to know the answers for. I think sometimes you get in a little bubble and I get so used to being around penguins and getting to know about their characteristics and their personalities
Video examples
Paul Nicklen: Emperors...
micro bubbles around their entire body as they raced to exit the surface and it acted like a lubricant to reduce the friction and the drag around their body so they could increase speed to exit the water to a gain height but more importantly to avoid the predation of leopard seals and so now we had this new
Video examples
This Platypus Can Glow...
birds are developing their feathers there are tiny bubbles of water that help push the feather out and what happens is is the water evaporates leaving holes in the feather now wavelengths travel down from the sun they bounce off in these little holes and depending on the type of wavelength
Video examples
Computing with fluids PIPE...
didn't scale otherwise you would be holding some vet laptops right now but I started thinking about this more than 10 years ago I spent a lot of time in my PhD my friends tell me playing with bubbles and I did figure out a way to build a universal computation using
Video examples
What's Hiding in the...
searchlights i'm sitting beside the pilot in the transparent bubble in the middle and the whole craft is massively strengthened to withstand the huge pressures of the depths as we go down it gets darker and darker the water is thick with small floating
Video examples
What causes economic...
Today, scholars work long and hard trying to predict what causes a bubble and how to avoid them. Tulip mania is an effective illustration of the underlying principles at work in a bubble and can help us understand more recent examples
Video examples
Beware online "filter...
So I do think this is a problem. And I think, if you take all of these filters together, you take all these algorithms, you get what I call a filter bubble. And your filter bubble is your own personal, unique universe of information
Video examples
Why do your knuckles...
like the importance of eating spinach. The jury's still out on that one. As for knuckle-cracking, one study suggests that all that joint stretching and bubble bursting can cause your hands to swell
Video examples
Predators Swim In The...
right now you're a bar deep pool and even from here you can see all the way to the bottom you may have noticed the riverbed is bubbling
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Eric Carmen
American Musician
Over thirty-plus years, a certain myth has grown up around the band. And the last thing I ever wanted to do was put us on a stage somewhere, in less than the best circumstances, and pop the bubble, have the fans come in and say, 'Gee, they weren't that good.' It's your responsibility to give them something to be excited about.
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Rihanna
American Musician
There's a long way to fall when you pretend that you're so far away from the earth, far away from reality, floating in a bubble that's protected by fame or success. It's scary, and it's the thing I fear the most: to be swallowed up by that bubble. It can be poison to you, fame.
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George R. R. Martin
American Author
It's like these ideas, these characters, kind of bubble up inside me, and one day they're not there, and the next day they are there. They're alive, and they're whispering in my head and all that stuff, and I want to write about those things.
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Kate Moss
English Model
I don't really go to clubs anymore. I'm actually quite settled. Living in Highgate with my dog and my husband and my daughter! I'm not a hell-raiser. But don't burst the bubble. Behind closed doors, for sure, I'm a hell-raiser.
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Emma Watson
British Actress
I have had no control over my life. I have lived in a complete bubble. They found me and picked me for the part. And now I'm desperately trying to find my way through it.
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Grace Jones
Model
If people think I'm angry, I don't want to burst anybody's bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it's not really anger; it's discipline.
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Emma Weymouth
British Model
One minute I'm inside this magical glitter bubble, then it's straight back to mum-life. Literally. That is my life!
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Mark McKinnon
American Businessman
Life inside the Beltway bubble dulls your thinking.
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Marcus Terentius Varro
Roman Author
What, if as said, man is a bubble.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
This world's a bubble.
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Eric Carmen
American Musician
Over thirty-plus years, a certain myth has grown up around the band. And the last thing I ever wanted to do was put us on a stage somewhere, in less than the best circumstances, and pop the bubble, have the fans come in and say, 'Gee, they weren't that good.' It's your responsibility to give them something to be excited about.
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Rihanna
American Musician
There's a long way to fall when you pretend that you're so far away from the earth, far away from reality, floating in a bubble that's protected by fame or success. It's scary, and it's the thing I fear the most: to be swallowed up by that bubble. It can be poison to you, fame.
Quote examples
George R. R. Martin
American Author
It's like these ideas, these characters, kind of bubble up inside me, and one day they're not there, and the next day they are there. They're alive, and they're whispering in my head and all that stuff, and I want to write about those things.
Quote examples
Kate Moss
English Model
I don't really go to clubs anymore. I'm actually quite settled. Living in Highgate with my dog and my husband and my daughter! I'm not a hell-raiser. But don't burst the bubble. Behind closed doors, for sure, I'm a hell-raiser.
Quote examples
Emma Watson
British Actress
I have had no control over my life. I have lived in a complete bubble. They found me and picked me for the part. And now I'm desperately trying to find my way through it.
Quote examples
Grace Jones
Model
If people think I'm angry, I don't want to burst anybody's bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it's not really anger; it's discipline.
Quote examples
Emma Weymouth
British Model
One minute I'm inside this magical glitter bubble, then it's straight back to mum-life. Literally. That is my life!
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Mark McKinnon
American Businessman
Life inside the Beltway bubble dulls your thinking.
Quote examples
Marcus Terentius Varro
Roman Author
What, if as said, man is a bubble.
Quote examples
Saint Augustine
Saint
This world's a bubble.
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