[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. |
| 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. |