[syn: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
bubbling \bubbling\ adj.
1. giving off bubbles; -- of a liquid. [Narrower terms:
foaming, frothing; effervescent; boiling]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. stimulatingly lively, witty, and entertaining; -- of
people.
Syn: effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly,
vivacious.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bubble \Bub"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bubbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bubbling.] [Cf. D. bobbelen, Dan. boble. See Bubble, n.]
1. To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated;
to contain bubbles.
[1913 Webster]
The milk that bubbled in the pail. --Tennyson.
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2. To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a
bubbling stream. --Pope.
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3. To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.
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At mine ear
Bubbled the nightingale and heeded not. --Tennyson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bubbling
adj 1: emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or
fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy)
beer" [syn: bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy,
frothy, effervescing, spumy]
2: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile
effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of
sparkly cheerleaders" [syn: bubbling, effervescent,
frothy, scintillating, sparkly]