bubble
bubble
englantikupla
yhteys|taloustiede|k=en kupla
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bubble
kupu, peite, ilmakupla, kupla, vaahto, pintavaahto, pallonen, pieni pisara, saippuakupla.
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bubble (englanti > suomi)
bubble englanniksi
A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
A small spherical cavity in a solid material.
bubbles in window glass, or in a lens
Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
puhekieltä A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts (eg the w:South Sea Bubble|South Sea Bubble).
puhekieltä Someone who has been ‘bubbled’ or fooled; a dupe.
Prior
1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1979, p. 15:
puhekieltä The emotional and/or physical atmosphere in which the subject is immersed; circumstances, ambience.
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puhekieltä a Greek (also: bubble and squeak)
A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.
Shakespeare
puhekieltä A laugh. (also: bubble bath)
Are you having a bubble?!
puhekieltä Any of the small magnetized areas that make up bubble memory.
puhekieltä The point in a poker tournament when the last player without a prize loses all their chips and leaves the game, leaving only players that are going to win prizes. (e.g., if the last remaining 9 players win prizes, then the point when the 10th player leaves the tournament)
Many players tend to play timidly (not play many hands) around the bubble, to keep their chips and last longer in the game.
puhekieltä To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
puhekieltä To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
Rage bubbled inside him.
1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 443:
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