ˈbæb.l̩ ˈbɛltʃ ˈbʌb.əl ˈbʌb.əl bɝp ˈɡəː.ɡəl ˈɡɝ.ɡəl ˈhaʊs.ʌvˌkɑɹdz expel gas from the stomach Please don't burp at the table form, produce, or emit bubbles The soup was bubbling cause to form bubbles bubble gas through a liquid rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles bubble to the surface flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise babbling brooks a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic an impracticable and illusory idea he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control his proposal was nothing but a house of cards a real estate bubble a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)