bubbly
/'bʌbli/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Full of cheerful high spirits; lively and enthusiastic: Describes a person, personality, or mood that is vivacious, energetic, and effervescent.
- Full of, producing, or resembling bubbles: Describes a liquid that is effervescent, fizzy, or frothy.
Noun:
- Informal term for champagne or sparkling wine: Refers to a white sparkling wine, especially champagne.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- She has a wonderfully bubbly personality that lights up the room.
- The soda was nice and bubbly, perfect for a hot day.
- Noun:
- They celebrated their anniversary with a bottle of bubbly.
Advanced Usage
- "to be on the bubbly": to be drinking champagne or sparkling wine.
- The team was on the bubbly after their championship win.
- Describing non-liquid things metaphorically with the energy sense:
- The atmosphere at the festival was bubbly and infectious.
Variants and Related Words
- Bubbliness (n): The quality of being bubbly (in the personality sense).
- Her natural bubbliness makes her a great hostess.
- Bubble (n/v): The small sphere of gas in a liquid; to form bubbles.
- Children love to blow soap bubbles.
Synonyms
- Adjective (spirits): Vivacious, effervescent, lively, animated, sparkling.
- Adjective (liquid): Fizzy, effervescent, sparkling, carbonated, frothy.
- Noun: Champagne, sparkling wine, fizz (informal).
Related Phrases
- Champagne personality: A metaphorical phrase similar to a bubbly personality, implying luxury and celebration.
- Full of fizz: Can describe both a fizzy drink and an energetic person, similar to 'bubbly'.
Related Idioms
- Champagne taste on a beer budget: This idiom about expensive tastes sometimes humorously involves 'bubbly' as a symbol for champagne.
- He always orders the bubbly; it's a case of champagne taste on a beer budget.
Adjective
- full of or showing high spirits
- bright bubbly children
- a bubbly personality
- emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
- bubbling champagne
- foamy (or frothy) beer
Noun
- a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there