blubber

[ bluhb-er ]

/ ˈblʌb ər /

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noun

Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.

excess body fat.

an act of weeping noisily and without restraint.

verb (used without object)

to weep noisily and without restraint: Stop blubbering and tell me what's wrong.

verb (used with object)

to say, especially incoherently, while weeping: The child seemed to be blubbering something about a lost ring.

to contort or disfigure (the features) with weeping.

adjective

disfigured with blubbering; blubbery: She dried her blubber eyes.

fatty; swollen; puffed out (usually used in combination): thick, blubber lips; blubber-faced.

Origin of blubber

1250–1300; Middle English bluber bubble, bubbling water, entrails, whale oil; apparently imitative

OTHER WORDS FROM blubber

blub·ber·er, noun blub·ber·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby blubber

bls., blt, blu-ray, blu-tack, blub, blubber, blubberhead, blubbery, blucher, bludge, bludgeon

Example sentences from the Web for blubbering

From Robert De Niro to Anne Hathaway, Kevin Fallon looks at the nominees who are blubbering their way to a (possible) Oscar.

Crying Oscar Nominees: Robert De Niro, Hugh Jackman & More (VIDEO) |Kevin Fallon |February 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
And she felt she could not forgive the boy for being the huddled, blubbering object, all wet and snivelled, which he was.

The Rainbow |D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Here, with a blubbering expression of grief, the poor fellow broke down.

Burl |Morrison Heady
They were blubbering and cursing around there like wild people.

Wounds in the rain |Stephen Crane

Away with this whimpering, this puling, these blubbering tears, and these wet eyes!

The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys. |Thomas Dekker
He woke in the cabin before the fire, and found Tom Lennard blubbering hard over him.

A Dream of the North Sea |James Runciman

British Dictionary definitions for blubbering

blubber

/ (ˈblʌbə) /

verb

to sob without restraint

to utter while sobbing

(tr) to make (the face) wet and swollen or disfigured by crying

noun

a thick insulating layer of fatty tissue below the skin of aquatic mammals such as the whale: used by man as a source of oil

informal excessive and flabby body fat

the act or an instance of weeping without restraint

Australian an informal name for jellyfish

adjective

(often in combination) swollen or fleshy blubber-faced; blubber-lips

Derived forms of blubber

blubberer, noun

Word Origin for blubber

C12: perhaps from Low German blubbern to bubble, of imitative origin

Scientific definitions for blubbering

blubber

[ blŭb′ər ]

The thick layer of fat between the skin and the muscle layers of whales and other marine mammals. It insulates the animal from heat loss and serves as a food reserve.

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