bubbling
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (2)
- emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation“bubbling champagne”“foamy (or frothy) beer”Synonyms: bubblyfoamingfoamyfrothyeffervescingspumy
- marked by high spirits or excitement“his fertile effervescent mind”“scintillating personality”“a row of sparkly cheerleaders”Synonyms: effervescentfrothyscintillatingsparkly
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
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.[1913 Webster]
2.To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
3.To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound. [1913 Webster]
At mine ear Bubbled the nightingale and heeded not.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]