overbubble

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verb

To bubble over, especially with exuberance or enthusiasm.

OriginEnglish bubble ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

verboverbubble (third-person singular simple present overbubbles, present participle overbubbling, simple past and past participle overbubbled)

present singular third person overbubbles · participle present overbubbling · participle past overbubbled · past overbubbled

  1. To bubble over, especially with exuberance or enthusiasm.

    My peace is divine, and it never can cloy, / And that makes my heart overbubble with joy.

    1960, John R Rice, Apples of Gold
    1 more example

    Humour is ever Mr Pinero's strongest point, and in none of his plays does it so gaily effervesce and overbubble as in Sweet Lavender […]

    1969, Max Beerbohm, More Theatres, 1898-1903

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishbubble
  8. Englishoverbubble

From over- + bubble.

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APA

overbubble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbubble

MLA

“overbubble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbubble. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overbubble,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbubble.

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