blubbering

[bluhb-er]

Origin

noun

Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.

excess body fat.

an act of weeping noisily and without restraint.

verb (used without object)

to weep noisily and without restraint: Stop blubbering and tell me what's wrong.

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Blubbering is always a great word to know.

So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

verb (used with object)

to say, especially incoherently, while weeping: The child seemed to be blubbering something about a lost ring.

to contort or disfigure (the features) with weeping.

adjective

disfigured with blubbering; blubbery: She dried her blubber eyes.

fatty; swollen; puffed out (usually used in combination): thick, blubber lips; blubber-faced.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English bluber bubble, bubbling water, entrails, whale oil; apparently imitative

Related forms

blub·ber·er, noun

blub·ber·ing·ly, adverb

Etymonline

Word Origin & History

blubbering

c.1400, prp. adj. from blubber (v.). Originally of fountains, springs, etc.; of weeping, from 1580s.

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