bubbly

English

Etymology

From bubble +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌbli/, /ˈbʌbəli/

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• Rhymes: -ʌbli

Adjective

bubbly (comparative bubblier, superlative bubbliest)

1. Full of bubbles.

   Whip the egg white into a bubbly froth.

2. (informal) Cheerful, lively.

   Synonyms: ebullient, (similar image) perky

   She has a bubbly personality.

   • 2024 July 12, Dominique Soguel, “How Portugal became a world leader in fighting drug addiction”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     “Our priority is to make relationships with people,” says Mariana Gomes, a bubbly social worker who methodically jots down whom she meets and what they need in a giant binder.

3. Having the characteristics of bubbles.

   The architecture of the conservatory was bubbly.

4. (economics) Having the characteristics of economic bubbles.
   • 2011 July 2, Iana Dreyer, “China’s coming era of slower growth: Are western economies prepared?”, in East Asia Forum‎^[1]:

     China’s economy is too bubbly and will soon slow down.

Synonyms

• (full of bubbles): bubbly, fizzy, sparkling; see also Thesaurus:effervescent

Derived terms

• bubbliness
• nonbubbly

 

Translations

full of bubbles

• Finnish: kupliva
• Maori: mirumiru (referring to a carbonated drink)

cheerful, lively

• Esperanto: gaja (eo)
• Finnish: eloisa (fi)
• Galician: alegre (gl), animado (gl)
• Portuguese: alegre (pt) m or f, feliz (pt) m or f, vivo (pt) m, animado (pt) m
• Swedish: sprudlande (sv)

having the characteristics of bubbles

• Finnish: kuplamainen (fi)

ready to burst

• Finnish: räjähtämäisillään (infinitive form)

economics: having the characteristics of economic bubbles

• Finnish: kupla- (fi)

Noun

bubbly (countable and uncountable, plural bubblies)

1. (informal) Champagne.

   Synonyms: bub, bubbles, champers, fizz, shampoo

   We're getting married–this calls for a bottle of bubbly!

   • 2007, L. A. Banks, The Cursed, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN:

     “ […] Maybe some bubbly for the ladies, since we just bought the house of life, and break camp . . . since they are very appreciative that things got wrapped up so fast.”

Translations

term for champagne which is derived from its bubbles

• Finnish: kupliva, kuplajuoma (fi)
• Swedish: bubbel (sv) n

See also

• bubbly-jock
• hubbly bubbly

 

Further reading

• “bubbly”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.