FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n A spherically contained volume of air, especially one made from soapy liquid.

n A small spherical cavity in a solid material.

n Anything resembling a hollow sphere.

n (economics) A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.

n (obsolete) Someone who has been ‘bubbled’ or fooled; a dupe.

n (figuratively) a feverish upwelling

n (figuratively) a feverish surge of speculation in a financial market, usually followed by a market crash (eg the w:South Sea Bubble|South Sea Bubble).

n (Cockney rhyming slang) a Greek (also: bubble and squeak)

n (figurative) emotional or\and physical atmosphere in which the subject is immersed; circumstances, ambience

v (intransitive) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such in foods cooking).

v (transitive|archaic) To cheat, delude.

v (intransitive|Scotland|and|Northern England) To cry, weep.