A small bladder or vesicle of water or other fluid inflated with air.

Any thing that wants firmness or solidity; a vain project; that which is more specious than real. Hence, a false show; a cheat or fraud.

A delusive scheme of speculation; an empty project to raise money or imaginary grounds; as the South Sea bubble.

A person deceived by an empty project.

To rise in bubbles, as liquors when boiling or agitated.

To run with a gurgling noise; as a bubbling stream.

To cheat; to deceive or impose on.