From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
bubbling \bubbling\ adj.
1. giving off bubbles; -- of a liquid. [Narrower terms:
{foaming, frothing}; {effervescent}; {boiling}]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. stimulatingly lively, witty, and entertaining; -- of
people.
Syn: effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly,
vivacious.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bubble \Bub"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bubbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bubbling}.] [Cf. D. bobbelen, Dan. boble. See {Bubble}, n.]
1. To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated;
to contain bubbles.
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The milk that bubbled in the pail. --Tennyson.
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2. To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a
bubbling stream. --Pope.
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3. To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.
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At mine ear
Bubbled the nightingale and heeded not. --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bubbling
adj 1: emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or
fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy)
beer" [syn: {bubbling}, {bubbly}, {foaming}, {foamy},
{frothy}, {effervescing}, {spumy}]
2: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile
effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of
sparkly cheerleaders" [syn: {bubbling}, {effervescent},
{frothy}, {scintillating}, {sparkly}]
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