BUB'BLE, n. 1. A small bladder or vesicle of water or other fluid inflated with air.2. Any thing that wants firmness or solidity; a vain project; that which is more specious than real. Hence, a false show; a cheat or fraud.3. A delusive scheme of speculation; an empty project to raise money or imaginary grounds; as the South Sea bubble.4. A person deceived by an empty project.BUB'BLE, v.i. To rise in bubbles, as liquors when boiling or agitated. 1. To run with a gurgling noise; as a bubbling stream.BUB'BLE, v.t. To cheat; to deceive or impose on.
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