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blub

verb
\ˈbləb \
blubbed; blubbing

Definition of blub 

intransitive verb

chiefly British

: blubber

Examples of blub in a Sentence

the girl was blubbing so uncontrollably that we couldn't understand what she was trying to tell us

First Known Use of blub

1860, in the meaning defined above

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blst

BLT

blub

blubber

blubberer

blubberingly

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