hubble-bubble

hubble-bubble
/hub"euhl bub'euhl/, n.
1. a simple form of the hookah, in which the smoke passes through water, causing a bubbling sound.
2. a bubbling sound.
3. an uproar; turmoil.
[1625-35; rhyming compound based on BUBBLE]

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