Bubbling

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  bubbling \bubbling\ adj.
     1. giving off bubbles; -- of a liquid. [Narrower terms:
        {foaming, frothing}; {effervescent}; {boiling}]
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     2. stimulatingly lively, witty, and entertaining; -- of


        people.
  
     Syn: effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly,
          vivacious.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bubble \Bub"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bubbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Bubbling}.] [Cf. D. bobbelen, Dan. boble. See {Bubble}, n.]
     1. To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated;
        to contain bubbles.
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              The milk that bubbled in the pail.    --Tennyson.
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     2. To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a
        bubbling stream. --Pope.
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     3. To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.
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              At mine ear
              Bubbled the nightingale and heeded not. --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bubbling
       adj 1: emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or
              fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy)
              beer" [syn: {bubbly}, {foaming}, {foamy}, {frothy}, {effervescing}]
       2: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile
          effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality";
          "sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
          [syn: {effervescent}, {scintillating}, {sparkling}, {sparkly}]
       3: covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being
          agitated by beating or heating; "the bubbling candy
          mixture"; "a cup of foaming cocoa"; "frothy milkshakes";
          "frothy waves"; "spumy surf" [syn: {foaming}, {foamy}, {frothing},
           {spumous}, {spumy}, {sudsy}]