soap bubbles
Wand-blown orbs
Soap bubbles are thin spheres of soapy water enclosing air, formed by blowing through a film of soap solution.
Children chase and pop them; they drift on air currents and burst on contact.
The phrase evokes fragility and transience: Their plans proved as durable as soap bubbles.
Also called bubbles.
- sudsSoapy froth
- latherFoamy soap bubbles
- surface tensionCohesive force at liquid interfaces
- filmMovie or coating
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
catch the light · street performers · glycerin · fragile · popping · floating · light as air · ephemeral beauty · interference patterns · surfactant · childhood play · summer afternoon · beads · burst · wand · whimsical · glistening · translucent
- bubblescarbonation, foam, effervescence, froth, fizz
- fluid funwater flow, splash, pour, flow, floating
- soap bubblesiridescence, surface tension, spheres, shimmering, transparency
- natural foamsseafoam, beer foam, beer head, meringue, whipped cream
- translucentfrosted glass, rice paper, wax paper, tracing paper, sheer fabric
- iridescenceoil slick, mother-of-pearl, nacre, opal, peacock feather