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overbubble

overbubble verb: to bubble over, especially with exuberance or enthusiasm.

Verb

overbubble (third-person singular simple present overbubbles, present participle overbubbling, simple past and past participle overbubbled)

  1. To bubble over, especially with exuberance or enthusiasm.
    • My peace is divine, and it never can cloy, / And that makes my heart overbubble with joy.1960, John R Rice, Apples of Gold
    • Humour is ever Mr Pinero's strongest point, and in none of his plays does it so gaily effervesce and overbubble as in Sweet Lavender […]1969, Max Beerbohm, More Theatres, 1898-1903

Forms of overbubble

third-person singular presentoverbubbles
present participleoverbubbling
past participleoverbubbled
pastoverbubbled

Origin of overbubble

From over- + bubble.

Questions about overbubble

What does overbubble mean?
Overbubble means to bubble over, especially with exuberance or enthusiasm.
What part of speech is overbubble?
Overbubble is a verb.
What is the past tense of overbubble?
The past tense of overbubble is overbubbled.

Words near overbubble in the dictionary

  1. overbrush
  2. overbrushed
  3. overbrushes
  4. overbrushing
  5. overbrutal
  6. overbubble
  7. overbubbled
  8. overbubbles
  9. overbubbling
  10. overbudget
  11. overbudgeted

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