Phrase Hound found 134 phrases and 41 compound words that contain bubble. The most common are listed below. Open bubble in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 134
- bubble wrapCushioning material consisting of small spheres of air trapped in plastic, sold on long rolls for tearing off, and used as packaging for fragile items.
- bubble bathA bath in which an additive, usually soap, is poured directly into the water that creates bubbles; a foam bath.
- bubble teaSweetened tea with milk and tapioca pearls, often including fruit juice, syrup and other ingredients.
- soap bubbleA very thin film of soapy water that forms a sphere with an iridescent surface.
- filter bubbleA state of intellectual isolation resulting from exposure to only highly personalized Internet content (which is insular and polarizing).
- bubble gumAlternative form of bubblegum: A sweet chewing gum formulated to be stretchy so the chewer can blow bubbles with it.
- speech bubbleA rounded outline, containing words, representing speech in a comic.
- bubble upTo move upward in bubbles or in a way suggesting bubbles.
- air bubbleA small pocket of air inside a solid, a liquid or surrounded by a colloid within a larger fluid environment.
- housing bubbleA temporary period when home prices increase rapidly due to high demand and low supply.
- Local BubbleA cavity in the interstellar medium of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way estimated to be around 1,000 light years in diameter, with the Solar System sitting close to its centre; likely to be the result of a supernova which exploded in the …
- thought bubbleA rounded or cloud-shaped outline, usually containing words, representing thought in a cartoon, and typically emanating from the thinker by a path of small circles.
- bubble sortA sorting algorithm in which pairs of neighboring values are compared and swapped into the right order if necessary in the innermost loop.
- bubble memoryA type of non-volatile computer memory that uses a thin film of magnetic material to hold small magnetized areas, known as bubbles or domains, each storing one bit of data.
- hubble-bubbleA bubbling sound.
- dot-com bubbleA historic speculative bubble based around the Internet, covering roughly 1997–2000.
- Mississippi BubbleSynonym of Mississippi Scheme (“a financial scheme devised by John Law in 18th-century France”).
- lose the bubbleTo cave in under pressure, or to lose situational awareness, control or understanding.
- losing the bubblepresent participle of lose the bubble: To cave in under pressure, or to lose situational awareness, control or understanding.
- lost the bubblesimple past and past participle of lose the bubble
- bubble sheetA machine-readable answer sheet for multiple-choice questions, where an empty circle is provided for each possible choice (answer), and the corresponding circle is filled in when the test-taker arrives at an answer.
- double bubbleThe presence of two air-filled bubbles in the abdomen, often indicating various pathological conditions.
- Westminster bubbleThe collective group of Members of Parliament, civil servants, lobbyists, etc., seen as out of touch with the realities of life outside Parliament.
- bubble chamberA vessel filled with a superheated transparent liquid (most often liquid hydrogen) used to detect electrically charged particles moving through it.
- bubble pipeA toy in the shape of a tobacco pipe, used to blow bubbles.
Compound words 41
- bubblegumA sweet chewing gum formulated to be stretchy so the chewer can blow bubbles with it.
- bubbliciousRelating to a speculative bubble.
- bubbleheadA stupid person; someone who is empty-headed or oblivious.
- abubbleIn a state of excitement, agitated activity, or motion.
- bubblesomeCharacterised by bubbles, bubbling, or bubbliness
- bubblegooseA puffer jacket.
- bubbleheadedStupid; vacuous.
- minibubbleA minor bubble.
- prebubbleBefore a financial bubble.
- superbubbleA very large region of space, relatively free of matter, carved out of the interstellar medium by the combination of multiple supernova bubbles resulting from supernovae.