HUBBLE-BUBBLE


Meaning of HUBBLE-BUBBLE in English

|həbəl|bəbəl noun

( -s )

Etymology: reduplication of bubble

1. : water pipe 2 ; especially : a rudimentary water pipe sometimes consisting merely of a bowl mounted on a coconut in which there is a hole that serves as a mouthpiece — compare hookah , nargileh

2. : a burble of sound or flurry of activity : commotion

for hours a merry but rather tedious hubble-bubble, suggesting liquor, was heard ascending from the cabin skylight — R.A.W.Hughes

the hubble-bubble of spring-cleaning — Manchester Guardian Weekly

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.