thought bubble
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Noun
thought bubble (plural thought bubbles)
- A rounded or cloud-shaped outline, usually containing words, representing thought in a cartoon.
- Synonym: thought balloon
- Coordinate term: speech bubble
- 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 76:
- The segment introduces the issue of bycatch: “For every one shrimp caught ten other lives are lost”. The following still photo shows Rossellini-as-human holding a shrimp constructed of art paper, below a thought bubble that reads, “I just lost my appetite”.
- (idiomatic) An ill-conceived idea.
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rounded outline
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