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Bubbling   /bˈəbəlɪŋ/  /bˈəblɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Bubble  v. i.  (past & past part. bubbled; pres. part. bubbling)  
1.
To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles. "The milk that bubbled in the pail."
2.
To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream.
3.
To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound. "At mine ear Bubbled the nightingale and heeded not."


adjective
bubbling  adj.  
1.
Giving off bubbles; of a liquid. (Narrower terms: foaming, frothing; effervescent; boiling)
2.
Stimulatingly lively, witty, and entertaining; of people.
Synonyms: effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly, vivacious.





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"Bubbling" Quotes from Famous Books



... her, she might have met someone else who was more worthy of her, and to whom she had given the love he so longed to gain. That very evening he had put his fate to the touch, over the nursery fire, while Denys waited to fetch away Tony's light, and now he was bubbling over with fun and laughter, and acting more like a big schoolboy than a sober young man who was contemplating ...
— The Girls of St. Olave's • Mabel Mackintosh
... girl grew to feel not only the beauty but the value of these quiet hours, to find a new peace, refreshment, and happiness, bubbling up in her heart as naturally as the brook gushed out among the mossy rocks, and went singing away through hayfields and gardens, and by dusty roads, till it met the river and rolled on to the sea. Something dimly stirred in ...
— A Garland for Girls • Louisa May Alcott
... Rollo, after gazing for some time into the bubbling and boiling fountain, "where does all this water come from? What makes it come up out ...
— Rollo in Geneva • Jacob Abbott
... a bubbling, contagious enthusiasm, and Steve followed her expressive gestures as she pointed out each detail of perfection ...
— The Boy from Hollow Hut - A Story of the Kentucky Mountains • Isla May Mullins
... that's all I've got to say," interjected Morrison, who was simply bubbling over with excitement and expectancy,—not so much from the thought of recovering his stolen property as from a hope that, if the thieves were captured, he would at last have a chance to reap the benefits of his ...
— The Spoilers of the Valley • Robert Watson


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