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blubbery

[ bluhb-uh-ree ]

/ ˈblʌb ə ri /

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adjective

abounding in or resembling blubber; fat.

puffy; swollen: blubbery lips.

Origin of blubbery

First recorded in 1785–95; blubber + -y¹

Words nearby blubbery

blu-ray, blu-tack, blub, blubber, blubberhead, blubbery, blucher, bludge, bludgeon, bludger, blue

Example sentences from the Web for blubbery

She had forgotten the third person for the moment, forgotten that Julia, too, professed to like things "blubbery."

The Open Question |Elizabeth Robins
These were azornacks, mild-tempered vegetarians whose only defense lay in their thick, blubbery hides.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 |Various
The blubbery folds under his chin crimsoned with his cheeks in complacent self-esteem.

The Argus Pheasant |John Charles Beecham
Occasionally she sighs deeply, with that blubbery, spluttery noise that all horses make when they sigh.

Letters to Helen |Keith Henderson

It is too smooth and blubbery; it reads like buttermilk gurgling from a jug.

Sketches New and Old, Complete |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for blubbery

blubbery

/ (ˈblʌbərɪ) /

adjective -ier or -iest

of, containing, or like blubber; fat

weeping or with the face disfigured by weeping