bubbling

verb

present participle of bubble
as in splashing
to flow in a broken irregular stream the soapy water bubbled down the drain

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Recent Examples of bubbling Home bakers keep bubbling starters on their counters, swap tips online and treat each loaf like a project worth perfecting. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Calls for more strikes and demonstrations over the next three weekends are bubbling up. — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 Reports of supply constraints impacting the latest iPhone model have been bubbling for some time. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026 This idea of living up to the father’s legacy — is there something personal that’s bubbling up to the surface here? — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 Rumors of Frow’s impending departure had been bubbling in the industry in some months. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026 Anthony Tubbs of the Los Angeles Fire Department said firefighters also responded to reports of flooding in the area and found water bubbling from the street. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 While the pop culture world is still reeling over Kelly Clarkson’s feud with a Brooklyn store, there’s a new online row bubbling up on X between Kacey Musgraves and Kristi Noem. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026 The replicant uprising that has been bubbling up in the films has taken place and the humans have lost. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bubbling
  1. splashing
  2. washing
  3. dripping
  4. rippling
  5. gurgling
  6. trickling
  7. swirling
Verb
  • The camera crew was typically two feet away from his face at all times, and with water splashing around in there, the movie just sounded horrific and atrocious for months.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The emotional landscape is heightened by birdcalls, splashing waves, and trees thrashing in the wind.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of splashing
Verb
  • Airbnb guests can say goodbye to checkout chores like washing dishes, stripping beds and taking out the trash under a new policy announced this week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • An employee handled dirty utensils and dishes with gloves on and later handled clean dishes with those same gloves without washing hands in between.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of washing
Verb
  • She’s surrounded by a herd of horses and dripping in confidence.
    — Robert Lang, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
  • At the denouement, Kember is completely alone, his flat, narcotized baritone dripping onto the faded guitar notes like melted mercury.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of dripping
Verb
  • There are rippling gasps, drums, strings, sax, a vaguely Latin guitar, a sample of a woman talking about getting her hair done.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Lopez is part of a shift rippling through Latino communities across the country.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of rippling
Verb
  • Today, those springs feed five geothermal pools, with temperatures reaching up to 102 degrees and contain minerals like manganese, silicate, and zinc, in a magical setting marked by gurgling fountains and 100-year-old redwood and eucalyptus trees.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • After years of stomach-gurgling, nail-chewing anxiety, this was an entirely different Arsenal experience.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of gurgling
Verb
  • Netflix’s results for the July-to-September quarter saw revenue in line, a beat on earnings, and slower advertising trickling into the current fourth quarter due to timing of ad product launches and integrations.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The core readings showed that skyrocketing fuel prices, particularly diesel, are trickling down.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of trickling
Verb
  • Outside, the Santa Ana winds sent debris swirling with powerful gusts.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • As for the suites, the highlight is their private terraces, peaceful havens from which to admire, paradoxically, the urban whirlwind swirling below.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of swirling

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“Bubbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bubbling. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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