[bluhb-er] 
| 1. | Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made. |
| 2. | excess body fat. |
| 3. | an act of weeping noisily and without restraint. |
| 4. | to weep noisily and without restraint: Stop blubbering and tell me what's wrong. |
| 5. | to say, esp. incoherently, while weeping: The child seemed to be blubbering something about a lost ring. |
| 6. | to contort or disfigure (the features) with weeping. |
| 7. | disfigured with blubbering; blubbery: She dried her blubber eyes. |
| 8. | fatty; swollen; puffed out (usually used in combination): thick, blubber lips; blubber-faced. |
| blub·ber 1 (blŭb'ər) v. blub·bered, blub·ber·ing, blub·bers v. intr. To sob noisily. See Synonyms at cry. v. tr.
[Middle English bluberen, to bubble, from bluber, foam.] blub'ber·er n., blub'ber·ing·ly adv. |
