abubble
Americanadjective
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bubbling, as while cooking or boiling.
The whole house was filled with the inviting aroma of the soup abubble on the stove.
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characterized by intense enthusiasm or activity.
The store was abubble with last-minute shoppers.
Etymology
Origin of abubble
Example Sentences
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Light and easy, abubble with fizzy celebration, the movie’s group profile of tastemaking drink slingers whets the appetite for deeper study.
From Slate
And up from the girl's heart a spa of hope was abubble.
From Project Gutenberg
Derek Jacobi's Benedick begins abubble with adolescent spirits, sighing and whinnying like a high school boy who won't admit that he is in love with the college queen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, however, Hussein's volatile country was boiling again, and the force that inadvertently set it abubble was American.
From Time Magazine Archive
But by midweek, Johns was once again abubble.
From Time Magazine Archive
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