soap bubble

noun

1. a bubble of soapsuds.

2. something that lacks substance or permanence.

soap bubble

noun

1. a bubble formed from soapy water

2. something that is ephemeral but attractive

Word History and Origins

Origin of soap bubble¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

Try as one might to keep Nico Iamaleava under wraps, the media viewing sessions at UCLA’s football training camp shorter than the lifespan of a soap bubble, several trends have emerged.

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Our cells are surrounded by a fragile membrane that's only 5 nanometers thick, 1/20 of a soap bubble.

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The clusters can undergo phase separation and form dense, liquid droplets, which in turn merge into larger aggregations -- similar to how soap bubbles coalesce.

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Over billions of years, gravity pulled additional material into those baryon-dense regions, and galaxies and galactic clusters preferentially formed along their boundaries in thin shells like dust settling on a soap bubble.

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The hopes of the Vikings are as fleeting and ethereal as the snowflake-like soap bubbles that float down from the ceiling of the stadium before kickoff, giving the place a winter wonderland effect.

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