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bubble British & World English

a thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas

bubble bath British & World English

liquid, crystals, or powder added to bathwater to make it foam and have a fragrant smell

bubble car British & World English

a small car with a transparent domed canopy and typically three wheels

bubble lift British & World English

a ski lift with suspended cabins

bubble pack British & World English

a small package enclosing goods in transparent dome-shaped plastic on a flat cardboard backing

bubble tea British & World English

an East Asian drink of tea containing grains of tapioca and often blended with sweetener and flavourings, shaken to a froth and usually served cold with a straw

bubble wrap (also BubbleWrap) British & World English

plastic packaging material in sheets containing numerous small air cushions designed to protect fragile goods

soap bubble British & World English

an iridescent bubble consisting of air in a thin film of soapy water

bubble canopy British & World English

a transparent domed canopy on a fighter aircraft or bubble car

bubble memory British & World English

a type of memory in which data is stored as a pattern of magnetized regions in a thin layer of magnetic material

bubble chamber British & World English

an apparatus designed to make the tracks of ionizing particles visible as a row of bubbles in a liquid

bubble economy British & World English

an economy undergoing an unsustainable boom, especially that of in Japan in the late 1980s

on the bubble in bubble British & World English

(of a sports player or team) occupying the last qualifying position on a team or for a tournament, and liable to be replaced by another

burst someone's bubble in bubble British & World English

shatter someone’s illusions about something or destroy their sense of well-being

bubble and squeak British & World English

cooked cabbage fried with cooked potatoes and often meat

South Sea Bubble British & World English

a speculative boom in the shares of the South Sea Company in 1720 which ended with the failure of the company and a general financial collapse

bubble up in bubble British & World English

(of a feeling) become more intense and approach the point of being expressed

bubble with/over with in bubble British & World English

be filled with an irrepressible positive feeling

bubblegum British & World English

chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles

antibubble British & World English

a membrane of air, submerged in liquid and surrounding a sphere of liquid

bubble shell in bubble British & World English

a marine mollusc that typically has a thin scroll-like shell

bubblehead British & World English

a foolish or empty-headed person

bubble English-French

bulle f

bubble pack English-German

Klarsichtpackung

air bubble English-Italian

bolla f d'aria

bubble bath English-Italian

bagnoschiuma m inv

bubble pack English-Italian

blister m inv

bubble gum English-Spanish

chicle m (de globos), chicle, chicle

bubble-wrapped English-German

in Luftpolsterfolie verpackt

bubble-wrapped English-Spanish

envuelto en plástico con burbujas