What part of speech is bubbling?

Bubbling can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. bubbling is a verb, gerund of bubble (infinitive).
  • 2. bubbling is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more bubbling
    most bubbling
  • Positive: bubbling 
  • Comparative: more bubbling
  • Superlative: most bubbling

What does bubbling mean?

Definitions

Adjective

bubbling - emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer"
bubbling - marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"

Verb

bubble - form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling"
bubble - cause to form bubbles; "bubble gas through a liquid"
bubble - rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface"
bubble - flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"
bubble - expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table"

Noun

bubbling - The action or motion of something that bubbles.

Examples of bubbling

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Bubbling champagne.
2. verb The soup is bubbling in the pot.
3. verb She is bubbling over with happiness.
4. verb The cauldron was steaming and bubbling.
5. verb Mary's kitchen was abuzz with bubbling pots and frying cheese.
6. verb As she stood there with one foot on the loaf and was lifting up the other for the next step, the loaf sank deeper and deeper with her till she entirely disappeared. Nothing was to be seen but a black bubbling pool.
7. verb She had to pass between these boiling eddies to reach the witches' domain, and for a long way the only path led over warm bubbling mud.
8. verb The bubbling murmur of the clear fountain, the waving of the trees, the profusion of grass and wild-flowers that rise among the ruins, make it like a scene in romance.
9. verb When she sewed, he thought, she made a sound like a kettle on the hob; bubbling, murmuring, always busy, her strong little pointed fingers pinching and poking; her needle flashing straight.
10. verb Bubble gas through a liquid.
11. verb Bubble to the surface.
12. noun He didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble.
13. noun A real estate bubble.
Sentence  
adj.
Bubbling champagne.
verb
The soup is bubbling in the pot.
She is bubbling over with happiness.
The cauldron was steaming and bubbling.
Mary's kitchen was abuzz with bubbling pots and frying cheese.
As she stood there with one foot on the loaf and was lifting up the other for the next step, the loaf sank deeper and deeper with her till she entirely disappeared. Nothing was to be seen but a black bubbling pool.
She had to pass between these boiling eddies to reach the witches' domain, and for a long way the only path led over warm bubbling mud.
The bubbling murmur of the clear fountain, the waving of the trees, the profusion of grass and wild-flowers that rise among the ruins, make it like a scene in romance.
When she sewed, he thought, she made a sound like a kettle on the hob; bubbling, murmuring, always busy, her strong little pointed fingers pinching and poking; her needle flashing straight.
Bubble gas through a liquid.
Bubble to the surface.
noun
He didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble.
A real estate bubble.

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