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blubber
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  2. blubber oil
  3. sea blubber

1blub·ber

verb \ˈblə-bər\
blub·bered blub·ber·ing \ˈblə-b(ə-)riŋ\

Definition of BLUBBER

intransitive verb
: to weep noisily
transitive verb
1
: to swell, distort, or wet with weeping
2
: to utter while weeping
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Examples of BLUBBER

  1. Oh, stop blubbering, you big baby!
  2. <the poor child was blubbering because she had fallen and skinned her knee>

Origin of BLUBBER

Middle English blubren to make a bubbling sound, from bluber
First Known Use: 15th century

Related to BLUBBER

Synonyms
bawl, blub [chiefly British], cry, sob, weep

Rhymes with BLUBBER

clubber, drubber, dubber, grubber, lubber, rubber, scrubber, slubber, snubber, tubber

2blubber

noun

Definition of BLUBBER

1
a : the fat of whales and other large marine mammals
b : excessive fat on the body
2
: the action of blubbering
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Origin of BLUBBER

Middle English bluber bubble, foam, probably of imitative origin
First Known Use: 15th century

Other Anatomy Terms

bilateral symmetry, carotid, cartilage, dorsal, entrails, prehensile, renal, solar plexus, supine, thoracic, ventral

Rhymes with BLUBBER

drubber, dubber, grubber, rubber, tubber

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