bubble up
bubble up verb: to move upward in bubbles or in a way suggesting bubbles. Also the alternative form of bubble-up.
Verb
bubble up (third-person singular simple present bubbles up, present participle bubbling up, simple past and past participle bubbled up)
- To move upward in bubbles or in a way suggesting bubbles.
- The kid was fascinated by the air bubbling up from the aquarium vent.
- So when the well blew, the methane did not bubble up gently.2011, Courtney Farrell, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, →ISBN, page 8
- To reach the surface; to emerge.
- Many of the old feelings bubbled up when I met her again.
- And stifle them we must to play the role, voices steady, manners nonchalant, amid the torrents of profanities and soul-shrinking depravities that bubble up in a mainstream without margins2008, Diana West, The Death of the Grown-Up, →ISBN
Also used as
bubble up is also the alternative form of bubble-up.
Examples of bubble up in a sentence
- So while content can bubble up, it can also flow down to many smaller blogs and reach both a large audience and deep into networks.2013, Karine Nahon, Jeff Hemsley, Going Viral, →ISBN, page 89:
- The fact that item 3 seems to slowly bubble up to its correct position gives the bubblesort algorithm its name.2013, Rod Stephens, Essential Algorithms: A Practical Approach to Computer Algorithms, →ISBN:
- Notice the feelings that bubble up as you write your “What I Don't Know List.”2013, Achim Nowak, Infectious, →ISBN:
- But it didn't all bubble up and become clear until that last . . . week or so.2014, Alice Clayton, Mai Tai'd Up, →ISBN, page 92:
Synonyms of bubble up
Forms of bubble up
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | bubbles up |
| present participle | bubbling up |
| past participle | bubbled up |
| past | bubbled up |
| Noun | |
| plural | bubble ups |
Questions about bubble up
- What does bubble up mean?
- Bubble up means to move upward in bubbles or in a way suggesting bubbles.
- How do you use bubble up in a sentence?
- So while content can bubble up, it can also flow down to many smaller blogs and reach both a large audience and deep into networks.
- What part of speech is bubble up?
- Bubble up is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bubble up?
- The past tense of bubble up is bubbled up.
Words near bubble up in the dictionary
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