BUBBLE

Definitions

1. 1. A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river. Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow, Like bubbles in a late disturbed stream. Shak.
2. 2. A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aërated waters.
3. 3. A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.
4. 4. A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
5. 5. The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
6. 6. Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble. Then a soldier . . . Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. Shak.
7. 7. A person deceived by an empty project; a gull. [Obs.] "Ganny's a cheat, and I'm a bubble." Prior.