blow bubbles
idiom
: to make soap bubbles by blowing air through a thin layer of soap
The children were blowing bubbles.
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But the orcas blow bubbles, apparently to deter the pest.
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Evan Bush, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
Joining the gaming collection are Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches, which lets kids draw, blow bubbles, and experiment with a telescope.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
Visits to the hospital were limited, so April and her son would leave chalk messages, blow bubbles, and set off fireworks outside her window.
—Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
Players with pizzazz blow bubbles while catching fly balls or hitting home runs.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
The paper, published in Royal Society Open Science, documents how whales blow bubbles to create nets to trap krill.
—Sara Tabin, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Scuba divers like me flock to the area to blow bubbles underwater at five shipwrecks that are part of the Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2024
People can blow bubbles or frolic through them at 5:30 p.m. July 18-21 and 4 p.m. July 22.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2023
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Evan Bush, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
Joining the gaming collection are Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches, which lets kids draw, blow bubbles, and experiment with a telescope.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
Visits to the hospital were limited, so April and her son would leave chalk messages, blow bubbles, and set off fireworks outside her window.
—Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
Players with pizzazz blow bubbles while catching fly balls or hitting home runs.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
The paper, published in Royal Society Open Science, documents how whales blow bubbles to create nets to trap krill.
—Sara Tabin, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Scuba divers like me flock to the area to blow bubbles underwater at five shipwrecks that are part of the Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2024
People can blow bubbles or frolic through them at 5:30 p.m. July 18-21 and 4 p.m. July 22.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2023
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“Blow bubbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20bubbles. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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