bubble – English noun declension

English noun forms of bubble

Noun: bubble
Singularbubble
Pluralbubbles

Sample Sentences

  • bubbles in window glass, or in a lens
  • Then a soldier […] / Seeking the bubble reputation / Even in the cannon's mouth [c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:]
  • real estate bubble
  • dot-com bubble
  • Thanks to the proliferation of semiconductor chips and cell phones—the number of U.S. cell phones grew from essentially zero in 1983 to nearly two hundred million by the end of 2004, and as of 2003 over one billion cell phones were in use worldwide, so by the time the high-tech bubble approached its bursting point in 2000 and 2001, coltan had become an extremely hot commodity. [2007, Elizabeth Grossman, High Tech Trash, Island Press, →ISBN, page 46:]
  • The yawning gap between data-center expenditures and the rest of the economy has caused whispers of bubble to rise to a chorus. […] Rapid construction of canals, railroads, and the fiber-optic cables laid during the dot-com bubble all created frenzies of hype, investment, and financial speculation that crashed markets. [2025 October 30, Matteo Wong, Charlie Warzel, “Here’s How the AI Crash Happens”, in The Atlantic:]
  • Thomas, so often West Brom's most positive attacker down their left side and up against Salgado, twice almost burst the bubble of excitement around the ground but he had two efforts superbly saved by Robinson. [2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom”, in BBC:]
  • He’s wrapped up snugly in a cozy bubble of self-regard, talking for his own sake more than anyone else’s. [2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in The A.V. Club:]
  • Do you live in a bubble?
  • There exists a new upper class that's completely disconnected from the average white American and American culture at large, argues Charles Murray, a libertarian political scientist and author. [2016 March 24, “Do you live in a bubble? A quiz”, in PBS News:]
  • Citizens of all political persuasions (not to mention members of the Trump administration) can increasingly live in their own news media bubbles, consuming only views similar to their own. [2017 March 21, Michiko Kakutani, “‘The Death of Expertise’ Explores How Ignorance Became a Virtue”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]
  • Inside the right-wing Facebook bubble, President Trump’s response to Covid-19 has been strong and effective, Joe Biden is barely capable of forming sentences, and Black Lives Matter is a dangerous group of violent looters. [2020 August 27, Kevin Roose, “What if Facebook Is the Real ‘Silent Majority’?”, in New York Times:]
  • "We know we're in a bubble," said one Villager interviewed for the film. "But it's a nice bubble". [2022 February 6, Benedict Brook, “Dark side of paradise: 'Sinister' cracks show in perfect suburb”, in NZ Herald:]
  • Later that day, the unit was staffed with only one officer, who was required to stay in the bubble. [1998, District of Columbia Appropriations for 1998: Hearings:]
  • Gany's a cheat, and I'm a bubble. [1709, Matthew Prior, Cupid and Ganymede:]
  • For no woman, sure, will plead the passion of love for an excuse. This would be to own herself the mere tool and bubble of the man. [1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1979, page 15:]
  • Are you having a bubble?!
  • Many players tend to play timidly (not play many hands) around the bubble, to keep their chips and last longer in the game.
  • bubble watch
  • "There was an empty room and this is my house," Mark Philip told the Herald. "Where am I supposed to go? Whose bubble am I supposed to infect?" [2020 April 7, “Covid 19 coronavirus: Police called after Mt Eden landlord tries to move into flat during lockdown”, in New Zealand Herald:]
  • A bare lamp (bulb, globe, 'bubble') radiates light in all directions. [2013, Gerald Millerson, Lighting for TV and Film, page 296:]

Etymology

Partly imitative, also influenced by burble. Compare Middle Dutch bobbe (“bubble”) > Dutch bubbel (“bubble”), Low German bubbel (“bubble”), Danish boble (“bubble”), Swedish bubbla (“bubble”). The word was first used in its economic sense in association with the collapse of the South Sea Company in 1720, based on the metaphor of an inflated soap bubble bursting. See: Dutch Nouns 'bubbel', Swedish Nouns 'bubbla'.

Verbs referencing "bubble"

Dutch Nouns bubbel.