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blubber

UK /ˈblʌbə/US /ˈblʌbəɹ/

noun 7
verb 5
adjective 1
forms 4

noun7

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A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).
- Though their [the hyena whale or pilot whale's] blubber is very thin, some of these whales will yield you upwards of thirty gallons of oil. — 1851
A fatty layer of adipose tissue found in other animals which keeps them warm, especially Arctic animals such as sea lions and Antarctic animals such as penguins.
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(informal, offensive) A person's fat tissue, usually when regarded as excessive and unsightly.
- Are you numbered among the employed yet? I read the unemployment figures and I shudder. You do not have any stored-up blubber to live on. — 1977
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An act of crying or weeping freely and noisily.
- Fassmann gives dolorous clippings from the Leyden Gazette, all in a blubber of tears, according to the then fashion, but full of impertinent curiosity withal. — 1858
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One who blubs (“cries or weeps freely and noisily”); a blubberer.
- It was really emotional. I am a blubber at the best of times. I had only been there for 18 months and found it upsetting so it was really hard for the people that had been there for 18 years. — 2011
(no longer used) A jellyfish (subphylum Medusozoa).
(no longer used) A bubble.

verb5

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To cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob.
- What weepe? fye for shame, and blubber? for manhods sake, / Neuer lette your foe so muche pleasure of you take. — 1552
Often followed by out: to cry out (words) while sobbing.
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(no longer used) Often followed by forth: to let (one's tears) flow freely.
- Behold her novv in humble guise, / Upon her knees vvith dovvncast eyes / Before the Priest: she thus begins, / And sobbing, blubbers forth her sins; […] — 1720
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(no longer used) To wet (one's eyes or face) by crying; to beweep; also, to cause (one's face) to disfigure or swell through crying.
- Her svvollen eyes vvere much disfigured, / And her faire face vvith teares vvas fovvly blubbered. — 1590
(no longer used) To bubble or bubble up; also, to make a bubbling sound like water boiling.

adjective1

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(no longer used) Especially of lips: protruding, swollen.
- And what like is the Nubian slave, who comes ambassador on such an errand from the Soldan? […] with black skin, a head curled like a ram's, a flat nose, and blubber lips—ha, worthy Sir Henry? — 1825

forms

blubbered · blubbering · blubbereth · blubbers

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