bubbling Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb form, produce, or emit bubbles
   bubble.
   
   • The soup was bubbling
2. verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
   babble; burble; guggle; ripple; bubble; gurgle.
   
   • babbling brooks
3. verb rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
   bubble.
   
   • bubble to the surface
4. verb cause to form bubbles
   bubble.
   
   • bubble gas through a liquid
5. verb expel gas from the stomach
   belch; bubble; burp; eruct.
   
   • In China it is polite to burp at the table
6. adjective satellite emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
   bubbly; foaming; spumy; effervescing; foamy; frothy.
   
   • bubbling champagne
   • foamy (or frothy) beer
7. adjective satellite marked by high spirits or excitement
   effervescent; scintillating; frothy; sparkly.
   
   • his fertile effervescent mind
   • scintillating personality
   • a row of sparkly cheerleaders

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