as in to cry
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee

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Recent Examples of blubber With scheming lawyer co-conspirator Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri) murdered, dark Dutton son Jamie (Wes Bentley) is alone, cornered, and blubbering. Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024 Bowen Yang watched the final cut of Wicked with some of his Saturday Night Live costars — and the movie left them all a blubbering mess. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024 And then raised the teacup to my lips to keep from blubbering. Alice McDermott, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023 Stepping into the impossible shoes of Crispin Glover, Cole’s rubber-limbed George McFly has all the grace of a newborn foal, with a piercing chuckle that borders on blubbering. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for blubber
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  • With screaming, crying, and crash outs abound, Madix’s high pony mirrored her demeanor: commanding, polished, and captivating.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 23 June 2025
  • When the curtain is lifted, Matthew is crying, and Andreas is beaming.
    Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
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  • The older versions of their characters are played to a full-on sobbing effect by James Garner and Gena Rowlands.
    Lia Beck, EW.com, 25 June 2025
  • When a video emerged of him sobbing in his locker room stall after coming agonizingly close to winning the title a year ago, his entire native nation commiserated with his pain.
    David Close, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
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  • The Padres-specific fits are so enticing, some locals might weep.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • Another piece reveals the face of a weeping woman, depicted with a hairstyle characteristic of the Flavian period, which dated from A.D. 69-96.
    Willem Marx, NPR, 20 June 2025

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“Blubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubber. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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