upbubble
upbubble verb: to bubble upward.
Verb
upbubble (third-person singular simple present upbubbles, present participle upbubbling, simple past and past participle upbubbled)
- To bubble upward.
- His spout was short, slow, and laborious; coming forth with a choking sort of gush, and spending itself in torn shreds, followed by strange subterranean commotions in him, which seemed to have egress at his other buried extremity, causing the waters behind him to upbubble.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Forms of upbubble
| third-person singular present | upbubbles |
|---|---|
| present participle | upbubbling |
| past participle | upbubbled |
| past | upbubbled |
Origin of upbubble
From up- + bubble.
Questions about upbubble
- What does upbubble mean?
- Upbubble means to bubble upward.
- What part of speech is upbubble?
- Upbubble is a verb.
- What is the past tense of upbubble?
- The past tense of upbubble is upbubbled.
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