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blubbery

[ bluhb-uh-ree ]

adjective

  1. abounding in or resembling blubber; fat.
  2. puffy; swollen:

    blubbery lips.



blubbery

/ ˈblʌbərɪ /

adjective

  1. of, containing, or like blubber; fat
  2. weeping or with the face disfigured by weeping


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Word History and Origins

Origin of blubbery1

First recorded in 1785–95; blubber + -y 1

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Example Sentences

He ambled over lightly for one of his bulk, and it became apparent that he was far from being blubbery.

She had forgotten the third person for the moment, forgotten that Julia, too, professed to like things "blubbery."

The blubbery folds under his chin crimsoned with his cheeks in complacent self-esteem.

These were azornacks, mild-tempered vegetarians whose only defense lay in their thick, blubbery hides.

Occasionally she sighs deeply, with that blubbery, spluttery noise that all horses make when they sigh.

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