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thought bubble

thought bubble noun: a 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.

thought bubble: a rounded or cloud-shaped outline, usually containing words, representing thought in a cartoon, and...
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Noun

thought bubble (plural thought bubbles)

  1. A 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.
    • The segment introduces the issue of bycatch: “For every one shrimp caught ten other lives are lost”. The following still photo shows Rossellini-as-human holding a shrimp constructed of art paper, below a thought bubble that reads, “I just lost my appetite”.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 76
    Synonyms:
    thought balloon
  2. (idiomatic) An ill-conceived idea.

thought bubble meaning in Bengali

thought bubble in Bengali

একটি অপরিণত চিন্তা, ধারণা

Synonyms of thought bubble

Forms of thought bubble

pluralthought bubbles

Questions about thought bubble

What does thought bubble mean?
Thought bubble means a 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.
What is thought bubble in Bengali?
Thought bubble in Bengali is একটি অপরিণত চিন্তা, ধারণা. See Thought bubble meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is thought bubble?
Thought bubble is a noun.
What is the plural of thought bubble?
The plural of thought bubble is thought bubbles.

Words near thought bubble in the dictionary

  1. thought balloons
  2. thought big
  3. thought blocking
  4. thought blockings
  5. thought broadcasting
  6. thought bubble
  7. thought bubbles
  8. thought cast
  9. thought casts
  10. thought collective
  11. thought collectives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thought bubble (page history and authors); thought bubble (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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