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[buhb-lee]

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adjective

full of, producing, or characterized by bubbles.

lively; effervescent; enthusiastic: the bubbly spirit of those early movie musicals.

noun

Informal. champagne (defs. 1, 2).

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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Origin:
1590–1600; bubble + -y¹

Related forms

bub·bli·ness, noun

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On the other end of the spectrum are metropolitan areas where prices still look bubbly.

She was shocked, given my day-to-day bubbly persona in the office.

Suddenly, the economic future looks a lot less bubbly.

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On the other end of the spectrum are metropolitan areas where prices still look bubbly.

She was shocked, given my day-to-day bubbly persona in the office.

Suddenly, the economic future looks a lot less bubbly.

Many people living near fracking sites have complained of bubbly or flammable water.

Plus when your done with it, throw it in water for bubbly fun.

Plus you can slide into mud baths and sample our favorite kind of bubbly delight, sparkling wine.

In the bubbly ocean model, heat from the moon's interior is transferred in ocean water to the surface of the ice.

Blood that comes up with a cough often looks bubbly because it is mixed with air and mucus.

In other words, these markets look distinctly bubbly.

Other than exhaling, bubbly drinks are our closest experience with releasing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.

Flutes of bubbly handed out at the door set the tone for the evening's festivities.

The app's user interface mimics the large, bubbly buttons of the iPhone's home screen.

And then there are today's consumer price numbers, which are far less bubbly.

Bubbly soft drinks tickle our tongues with their effervescence.

To clinch the pairing, the vinegar in the salad is made out of bubbly.

From his games, you'd expect him to be mopey and severe, but in person he's downright bubbly.

It has large amounts of yuan savings that are currently stuck in low-yielding deposits or bubbly property.

Wires in the bubbly elastic material would start out only partially attached to a surface.

With no real cushion on the bag's backside, the bubbly foam padding is intended to offer support from everyday shunts and bumps.

We live in a world where many people think of science as hard to understand, full of equations and weird bubbly liquids.

Interkosmos has coalesced into a colorful portrait of an imagined time where movies and space travel were happy, bubbly things.

Just chill the shelf-stable foil pouch, pop the top, squeeze the purée into a flute and add the bubbly.

Good food and bubbly also makes things merry, as does the peace and quiet of not dealing with the extended family.

There was no bubbly music by the likes of the band.

We're such fans of bubbly with seafood that two of our favorite partners are sparklers.

Bubbly enthusiast comes in to perk up a household and then flies off on a magic umbrella.

The difference is that he does not use air to push upward in a bubbly froth.

When the sales pitch is that stupid, something bubbly must be afoot.

Two bubbly teenage girls are, by the rules of the genre, destined for tragedy.

That's where you come into play, guiding the bubbly shopkeeper as she buys goods low and sells them high.

Spread mixture thickly on toast and put under broiler until bubbly and edges of toast are crisp.

The audience is also free to notice malicious undercurrents that this bubbly comedy cheerfully ignores.

Lanchbery's bubbly score contributed to the merriment.

From the first cork that popped, this wine bar dedicated to the bubbly was an effervescent hit.

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World English Dictionary

bubbly (ˈbʌblɪ)

—*adj* , -blier, -bliest
1.	full of or resembling bubbles
2.	lively; animated; excited: a bubbly personality

—n
3.	an informal name for champagne

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Word Origin & History

bubbly

1590s, from bubble + -ly (2). Of persons, from 1939. The slang noun meaning "champagne" (1920) is short for bubbly water (1910).

Slang Dictionary

bubbly definition

n.
champagne. (Often with the.) : I'd like a big glass of bubbly, if you don't mind.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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