upbubble

verb

upbubble

verb

Etymology From up- + bubble.

1

To bubble upward.

  • His spout was short, slow, and laborious; coming forth with a choking sort of gush, and spending itself in torn shreds, followed by strange subterranean commotions in him, which seemed to have egress at his other buried extremity, causing the waters behind him to upbubble.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:

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