"blubb" meaning in German

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Interjection

Audio: De-blubb2.ogg
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|de}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|de|interjection}} blubb
  1. Used to represent the sound of big bubbles in water, often implying sinking or diving.
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          "english": "Prick your ears, get yourselves some cassette decks, the pirates are promising an exciting show. They have heard that we are supposedly all in the same boat, so let's get this thing capsized!!! Bubble bubble - and it's gone.",
          "ref": "1981, “Radio Klabautermann”, in Christoph Busch, editor, Was Sie schon immer über Freie Radios wissen wollten, aber nie zu fragen wagten!, page 265:",
          "text": "Spitzt die Lauscher, besorgt euch Casettenrecorder, die Piraten versprechen eine spannende Sendung. Wie ihnen zu Ohren kam, sitzen wir angeblich alle in einem Boot, also laßt uns diesen Kahn zum Kentern bringen!!! Blubb blubb - weg isser.",
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          "english": "last weekend during our daughter's first birthday party, our Ixus 55 fell into the kiddy pool, unfortunately while it was switched on with the lens extended, too. Before anyone could react it went \"bubble bubble\" like three times and the water was inside ;-(",
          "ref": "2006 August 4, Thomas Peplow, “Wasser in Ixus 55”, in de.alt.rec.digitalfotografie (Usenet):",
          "text": "uns ist am letzten Wochenende beim ersten Kindergeburtstag unserer Tochter unsere Ixus 55 ins Planschbecken gefallen, dummerweise auch noch im angeschalteten Zustand mit ausgefahrenem Objektiv. Bevor überhaupt jemand reagieren konnte hat`s ungefähr 3x \"blubb bubb \" gemacht und Wasser war drin. ;-(",
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