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Bubbly

Definition: Bubbly

Bubbly

Adjective

1. Emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer".

2. Full of or showing high spirits; "bright bubbly children"; "a bubbly personality".

Noun

1. A white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bubbly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)


Synonyms: Bubbly

Synonyms: bubbling (adj), effervescing (adj), foaming (adj), foamy (adj), frothy (adj), champagne (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Bubbly

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Vaporization

Bubbly, effervescent, boiling.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Bubbly

English words defined with "bubbly": foam, frothspume, suds. (references)
Specialty definitions using "bubbly": BUBBLY JOCK. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Bubbly

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Bubbly".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Effervescent; airy; boiling; bouncy; bubbling; bubbly; carbonated; elastic; expansive; fermenting; fizzy; foaming; foamy; frothing; frothy; resilient; sparkling; volatile; fizzing; fizz.Champagne; bubbly; cork; corkage; pop; popping; cartoon; comic.
Pop; popping; bubble; bubbly; bubble bath; soap; detergent; washing; explode; exploding; burst; break.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Bubbly

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Processed carbonated (bubbly) drinks in cans or bottles are probably safe, but drinks made at a fountain might not be because they are made with tap water. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Bubbly

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

We send money to the poor people you step over as you stumble home drunk on bubbly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Bubbly

"Bubbly" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 89.68% of the time. "Bubbly" is used about 126 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)89.68%11330,464
Noun (proper)10.32%1397,576
                    Total100.00%126N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Bubbly

Expression using "bubbly": hubbly bubbly. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "bubbly": bubbly-water, bubbly-waterfall.

Ending with "bubbly": bunting-and-bubbly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bubbly

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bubbly

10

bubbly toe

10

hubbly bubbly

9

bubbly lyrics toe

5

bubbly urine

5

bubbly jack johnson lyrics toe

4

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3

blonde bubbly

3

bubbly jack johnson toe

2

bouncing bubbly teen

2

bubbly canier horoscope jonathan

2
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Modern Translation: Bubbly

Language Translations for "bubbly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shampanjë (champagne), me flluska. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فقاعي, ‏فوار (boiling up, fizzing, gushing), ‏شمبانيا. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

шампанско (champagne, fizz, the widow), с мехурчета, пенещ се. (various references)

   

Czech

  

bublinky, bublinkovitý, temperamentní (fiery, high-spirited, lively, spirited, vital, vivacious), šumivý (effervescent, fizzy, gassy, sparkling). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پرحباب , جوش زننده , شامپانی (Champagne). (various references)

   

French

  

plein de bulles, pétillant, champagne. (various references)

   

German

  

temperamentvoll (full of spirits, lively, nippy, spirited, spiritedly, sultry, temperamental, temperamentally, vivacious), sprudelnde (effervescently), sprudelnd (bubbling, effervescent, fizzy, gushing, sputtering), sprühend (bubbling, drizzling, effervescent, scintillating, scintillatingly, sparkling), Sekt (champagne, sparkling wine), schampus (champers, fizz), lebendig (alive, exuberant, fervent, live, livelily, lively, living, spirited, spiritedly, vital, vivid), übersprudelnd (brimming, bubbling over, ebullient, exuberant). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πομφολυγώδησ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מבעבע (sparkling, vesicant, vesicatory), תוסס (effervescent, fermenting, fizzy, sparkle, sparkling). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pezsgő (champagne, fizz, fizzy, lathery, sparkling), pezsegő. (various references)

   

Italian

  

tondeggiante (roundish), spumante (champagne, fizz, sparkling, sparkling wine, up), rotondeggiante (roundish), pieno di bolle, effervescente (effervescent, fizzy, sparkling), champagne (champagne), a forma di bolla. (various references)

   

Manx

  

kellagh frangagh (bubbly-jock, gobbler, turkey, turkey cock). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ubblybay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

espumoso (blithering, frothy, gassy, hot-air, spumous, spumy). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

шампанское (champagne, champaign), пенящийся (fizzy, foamy). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ushićenje (delight, elation, jubilance, jubilation, thrill), ushićen (delighted, ecstatic, elate, elated, jubilant, overjoyed, rapt, rapturous, thrilled), mehurast (bladdery, vesicular), šampanjac (champaign). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

burbujeante. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bubblig, skumpa (jolt, pop), livlig (adroit, agile, alert, animate, animated, brisk, buckish, high pitched, intense, keen, kittenish, lively, mercurial, mettlesome, nimble, pert, racy, rousing, snappy, vital, vivacious, volatile). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เป็นฟอง (effervesce). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kabarcıklı (beady, blistered, papillary, vesicular). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

іскристий (effervescent, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling), шампанське (champagne), пінливий (fizzy). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sủi tăm, nhiều tăm; sủi bọt, nhiều bọt, có bong bóng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Bubbly

Misspellings

"Bubbly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Babaly, Boblyn, bubbl, bubblie, bumbly, hubbly, nubbly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bubbly"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "bubbly" (pronounced bu"blē or bu"bulē)
4-u" b l ēdoubly.
3-b l ēably, admirably, amiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, assembly, audibly, charitably, comfortably, comparably, conceivably, considerably, credibly, creditably, demonstrably, irresponsibly, irretrievably, irreversibly, irrevocably, justifiably, knowledgeably, equitably, fashionably, favorably, feasibly, feebly, flexibly, forcibly, formidably, glibly, honorably, horribly, humbly, immeasurably, impeccably, imperceptibly, implausibly, impossibly, improbably, incomparably, incredibly, indelibly, indisputably, inevitably, inexorably, inexplicably, inextricably, inseparably, interchangeably, interminably, intolerably, invariably, irreparably, irresistibly, measurably, memorably, miserably, nimbly, nobly, notably, noticeably, ostensibly, palpably, passably, peaceably, plausibly, possibly, predictably, preferably, presumably, probably, profitably, reasonably, reassembly, recognizably, regrettably, reliably, remarkably, respectably, responsibly, sensibly, subassembly, suitably, superbly, terribly, trembly, unacceptably, unaccountably, unalterably, unavoidably, unbearably, unbelievably, uncomfortably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unequivocably, unfavorably, unjustifiably, unmistakably, unpredictably, unquestionably, unreasonably, unseasonably, visibly.
4-b u l ēglobally, wobbly.
3-u l ēabysmally, accidentally, abnormally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Bubbly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-b-b-l-u-y"

-1 letter: bubby.

-2 letters: blub, bulb.

-3 letters: bub, buy.

-4 letters: by.

 Words containing the letters "b-b-b-l-u-y"
 

+2 letters: blubbery.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Sounds
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Spoken
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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