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blub⋅ber
[bluhb-er]
–noun
| 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. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to weep noisily and without restraint: Stop blubbering and tell me what's wrong. |
–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
–adjective
| 7. | disfigured with blubbering; blubbery: She dried her blubber eyes. |
| 8. | fatty; swollen; puffed out (usually used in combination): thick, blubber lips; blubber-faced. |
Origin:
1250–1300; ME bluber bubble, bubbling water, entrails, whale oil; appar. imit.
1250–1300; ME bluber bubble, bubbling water, entrails, whale oil; appar. imit.

Related forms:
blub⋅ber⋅er, noun
blub⋅ber⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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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. |
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Blubber
Blub"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blubbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blubbering.] To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner. She wept, she blubbered, and she tore her hair. --Swift.Blubber
Blub"ber\, v. t. 1. To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears. Dear Cloe, how blubbered is that pretty face! --Prior. 2. To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out.
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Language Translation for : blubber
Spanish:
grasa de ballena,
German:
der Walfischspeck,
Japanese:
(鯨の) 脂肪
blubber
c.1380, blober "a bubble," probably echoic of bubbling water. Original notion of "bubbling, foaming" survives in the figurative meaning "to cry" (c.1400). Meaning "whale fat" first attested 1664; earlier it was used in ref. to jellyfish (1602).
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| blubber (blŭb'ər) Pronunciation Key
The thick layer of fat between the skin and the muscle layers of whales and other marine mammals. It insulates the animal from heat loss and serves as a food reserve. |
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