BUB'BLE, noun 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, verb intransitive To rise in bubbles, as liquors when boiling or agitated. 1. To run with a gurgling noise; as a bubbling stream. BUB'BLE, verb transitive To cheat; to deceive or impose on.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI