Meaning of bubble-up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A culvert that is open to the air on top.
2. A commotion or controversy.
3. Something that causes effervescence.
4. An act or process of bubbling up.

Examples

“This amount of cleaning is estimated to take⟳ ten months with the remaining two months being devoted to cleaning catch⟳ basins, depressed culverts (bubble-ups) , storm drain siphons, wash⟳ rack sumps, and so forth.”

“According to information received from Caltrans, about 470 hectares (1,400 acres) south of Highway 101 drain under the freeway through several bubble-ups and culverts and discharge onto NASA property”

“Virtual teams are formed to champion specific ideas and keep⟳ them alive in the memory. Bubble-ups and meltdowns, of course, require⟳ reconstructions and maintenance.”

“. Despite the regular talk-show bubble-ups whenever the entertainment industry “crosses the line,” concern⟳ over the power of the Hollywood boogeyman isn't particularly widespread.”

“Use⟳ it in the bath or shower. Instead of bath oils, bubble-ups, moisturizers. Instead of a bar of soap!”

“Bubble-ups are used on Christmas trees to add⟳ sparkle and in beer mugs or glasses in displays to give⟳ the beer a look⟳ of freshness.”

“The Times did say⟳ the tax credit may, and I repeat⟳, may, create⟳ more jobs in the long run⟳, but the five million unemployed are not interested in the long run⟳. They want⟳ jobs now. They cannot wait⟳ to see⟳ if they will benefit from this latest trickle-down. What they want⟳, you see⟳, is now a little trickle-up. They want⟳ some bubble-up.”

“Trickle-down luxury, bubble-up status.”

“The bubble-up process⟳ can happen⟳ very quickly because professional bloggers are always on the lookout for new content to post⟳.”

“Open⟳ very slowly over a sink⟳ to release⟳ the pressure gradually and avoid⟳ bubble-ups.”

“Darwin famously provided a bubble-up theory of organismic complexity, arguing that “in order⟳ to make⟳ a perfect and beautiful machine it is not requisite to know⟳ how to make⟳ it” (MacKenzie, quoted in Dennett 2009).”

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