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blub

verb \ ˈbləb \

Definition of blub

blubbed; blubbing
intransitive verb
chiefly British
: blubber

Examples of blub in a Sentence

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

First Known Use of blub

1860

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