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Definition: Bubbly |
BubblyAdjective1. 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". Noun1. 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: BubblySynonyms: bubbling (adj), effervescing (adj), foaming (adj), foamy (adj), frothy (adj), champagne (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vaporization | Bubbly, effervescent, boiling. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bubbly |
| English words defined with "bubbly": foam, froth ♦ spume, suds. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bubbly": BUBBLY JOCK. (references) |
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| 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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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. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | We send money to the poor people you step over as you stumble home drunk on bubbly. |
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| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 89.68% | 113 | 30,464 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.32% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Total | 100.00% | 126 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bubbly | 10 |
bubbly toe | 10 |
hubbly bubbly | 9 |
bubbly lyrics toe | 5 |
bubbly urine | 5 |
bubbly jack johnson lyrics toe | 4 |
ass bubbly | 3 |
blonde bubbly | 3 |
bubbly jack johnson toe | 2 |
bouncing bubbly teen | 2 |
bubbly canier horoscope jonathan | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. | ||
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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bubbly" (pronounced bu"blē or bu"bulē) |
| 4 | -u" b l ē | doubly. |
| 3 | -b l ē | ably, 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 ē | globally, wobbly. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abysmally, 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. | ||
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. | |
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