▪ I. bubbling, vbl. n.
(ˈbʌblɪŋ)
[f. bubble v.]
1. The action of the verb bubble; the process of forming bubbles, rising in bubbles, etc.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xi. xiv, And whan þat fyre is queynte in watry cloudes, þe bobelynge..and crakkes of þat quenchynge is clepid þonder. 1548 Thomas It. Dict. (1567) Tocco, the boblyng of a rennyng water, whan it retourneth from the fall out of a deepe hole. a 1656 Bp. Hall Occas. Medit. (1851) 54 After some short noise, and smoke, and bubbling, the metal is quiet. 1855 Maury Phys. Geog. Sea xviii. §755 (1860) 414 The bubbling made a loud noise..heard for a long time after. |
| fig. 1655 W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. xiii. (1669) 355/1 Arm us against..bublings of our own vain hearts. 1710 Palmer Proverbs 237 Correct..the bubblings of our native pride. |
† 2. Deluding, cheating (see bubble v. 5). Obs.
| 1725 Bailey Erasm. Colloq. 468 Understand the Art of Borrowing and Bubbling. |
▪ II. ˈbubbling, ppl. a.
[f. bubble v. + -ing2.]
1. That bubbles, rises in bubbles, sends up bubbles, or makes a bubble-like movement.
| 1583 Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 23 Freshe bubling fountayns. 1639 Horn & Robotham Gate Lang. Unl. vii. (1643) §65 Out of hidden springs gush forth bubling..fountaines. 1783 Cowper Task iv. 38 The bubbling..urn Throws up a steamy column. 1829 Marryat F. Mildmay xi, The tide and the wind formed a bubbling short sea. |
2. transf. a. That comes forth like bubbles; gasping, gurgling. b. That utters bubbling or gurgling sounds.
| 1819 Byron Juan ii. liii, At intervals there gush'd..the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony. 187.. Besant & Rice Monks of Th. xxxi. 259 We'll make him go round like a bubbling turkey-cock. 1885 Stevenson Dynamiter v. 67 There broke forth..the bubbling..sound of laughter. |
3. That has bubbles or drops forming on it.
| 1621 Quarles Esther (1638) 91 The Harvester with bubling brow. |
† 4. Deluding, cheating. Obs.
| 1675 Wycherley Country Wife iii. ii, Come you bubbling rogues you. |
Hence ˈbubblingly adv., in a bubbling manner.
| 1611 Cotgr., Empoulément, swellingly, bubblingly. |