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blubbery

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blub⋅ber⋅y

  [bluhb-uh-ree]
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–adjective
1. abounding in or resembling blubber; fat.
2. puffy; swollen: blubbery lips.
Origin:
1785–95; blubber + -y 1
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blub·ber 2   (blŭb'ər)   
n.  

  1. The thick layer of fat between the skin and the muscle layers of whales and other marine mammals, from which an oil is obtained.

  2. Excessive body fat.

  3. A large sea nettle or medusa.

adj.  Swollen and protruding: blubber cheeks.

[Middle English bluber, foam.]
blub'ber·y adj.
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