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 Bridget Jones blubbing into her ice cream, obsessing over pounds gained and cigarettes smoked? Beach book. Jennifer Weiner, EW.com, 17 June 2019
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Verb
  • In front of reporters, the agent grabbed the crying woman by the arms before shoving her to the wall and then downward.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The latest incident, caught on several cell phones and cameras, shows a woman crying apparently after the arrest of her husband.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Two years of sobbing until my chest hurt.
    Lisa K. Friedman, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Viewer Reactions The Instagram video reached over 598,000 views and 28,685 likes as of Tuesday, with viewers sobbing over Whiskey's heartbreaking reaction.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So only one overwhelmed person at a time was allowed to weep when daily frustrations piled up, like barely being able to keep up with a busy lunch crowd or when the aluminum on the bottom of the pan burned and ruined the custard, forcing them to throw it away and waste dozens of eggs.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The unique human capacity to weep may have evolved to strengthen social bonds and generate common knowledge regarding our inner states.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Blub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blub. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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