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
  • Traditionally, the upside down American flag signals distress, and that was the mood expressed as speakers shouted, cried and chanted with the crowd of around 100 people.
    Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2025
  • Giles and Benham cajoled a devastated squad — several players were crying — and told them they would get promoted the next season.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • Creators posted videos of themselves sobbing onto the camera.
    Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025
  • Through the decades, this was the county that gave us the judge who sobbed while issuing a ruling in the Anna Nicole Smith case, the judge who was found half-naked at a judicial conference, and the judges, plural, who had faced DUI charges.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • The car went quiet, and her grandmother began to weep.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2025
  • Life outside the courtroom, however, is a bit more complicated, with Nash-Betts weeping in a hospital gown and Kardashian stabbing herself with a needle in a bathroom stall.
    Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 13 May 2025

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“Blub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blub. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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