bubble-wrap

English

Noun

bubble-wrap (countable and uncountable, plural bubble-wraps)

  1. Alternative form of bubble wrap.

Verb

bubble-wrap (third-person singular simple present bubble-wraps, present participle bubble-wrapping, simple past and past participle bubble-wrapped)

  1. (transitive) To cover in bubble wrap.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To excessively protect or shelter someone or something.
    • 2026 October 20, @var.aunevik, “Chronically Ironic”, in Instagram‎[1]:
      Irony creates a distance between you and the world. You bubble-wrap yourself in it as a sort of defense mechanism.

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