as in to cry
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the little girl was blubbing so uncontrollably that we couldn't understand what she was saying
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Recent Examples of blub
Bridget Jones blubbing into her ice cream, obsessing over pounds gained and cigarettes smoked?
Beach book.
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Jennifer Weiner, EW.com, 17 June 2019
Jennifer Weiner, EW.com, 17 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blub
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Inside, hundreds of people huddled together, crying.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Several dozen students gathered under half-staff flags — some crying quietly, others clutching flowers.—
Hanna Kang,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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At one point during the celebrations, Bronze sat on the pitch, put her hand over her mouth and sobbed.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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As a flame passed candle to candle, some sobbed as the gathering remembered those who died and marked their loss.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Safdie embraced Johnson and his co-star Emily Blunt during the ovation, weeping alongside him.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Family matriarch Donna Adelson was scolded by a judge Thursday for weeping in the courtroom after being convicted of orchestrating a 2014 murder-for-hire plot of her former son-in-law, a prominent Florida State University law professor.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Blub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blub. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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