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Verb

bubble (third-person singular simple present bubbles, present participle bubbling, simple past and past participle bubbled)

1. (intransitive) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
   • The laminate is bubbling.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
   • Rage bubbled inside him.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To rise through a medium or system, similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.
   • The target of this event is the most deeply nested common ancestor of all changes that occurred in the document, and it bubbles up the document tree […]2002, David Flanagan, JavaScript: the definitive guide
4. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To cover or spread with bubbles
5. (archaic, rare, transitive) To delude, dupe, or hoodwink; to cheat.
   • No, no, friend, I shall never be bubbled out of my religion in hopes only of keeping my place under another government […]1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 443
6. (Northern England, Scotland, intransitive) To cry, weep.

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