Blubber Definition

blŭbər
blubbered, blubbering, blubbers
verb
blubbered, blubbering, blubbers
To weep loudly, like a child.
Webster's New World
To say while blubbering.
Webster's New World
To utter while crying and sobbing.
American Heritage
To wet, disfigure, or swell with weeping.
Webster's New World
noun
blubbers
The fat of the whale and other sea mammals, from which an oil is obtained.
Webster's New World
Loud weeping; a blubbering.
Webster's New World
Unsightly fat on the human body.
Webster's New World
Any of various large jellyfishes.
American Heritage
adjective
Thick or swollen.
Webster's New World

Origin of Blubber

  • Middle English bluberen to bubble from bluber foam

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See blobber, blob, bleb.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English bluber foam

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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