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blub

verb

ˈbləb

Definition of blub

chiefly British

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 And then Jack was blubbing at the end of the aisle! — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026 Topping them both would be star player Paul Gascoigne blubbing on the pitch after receiving a yellow card during a semi-final against West Germany that ruled him out of a potential final. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 June 2026

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In court, Lindsay appeared to cry during opening statements when a prosecutor described her three children and their manner of death.

— Selena Barrientos, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
When the Kirk family attorney spoke about how Charlie Kirk stood for the opposite of hate, Erika Kirk was crying and nodding along.

— Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of cry

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Officers described the videos recorded by that camera, writing that Westman seemed agitated after a visit with family and at times sobbed before driving by the church and school the night before the attack.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
After the 911 audio concluded, a recess was called and she was wheeled from the room sobbing loudly.

— Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of sob

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Many around the world looked in horror last month at images of a Ukrainian grandmother weeping as the body of her grandson was pulled from the rubble of his home following a Russian missile attack.

— Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
Dil Maya Lama stood weeping outside the help desk at the hospital, searching for information about her missing 26-year-old brother, a driver for a hydropower company in Rasuwa.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026

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