blubber

Object

• wreck: Maybe as I haven't screamed at him and ended up a blubbering wreck in front of him.
• idiot: I want another band i've seen in teeny venues reduce me to a blubbering idiot when they play the Astoria.
• mess: I'm glad my daughter is out tonight - I'm a blubbering mess.

Converse of object

• eat: You need not in imagination adopt the hairy garments, or smear yourself with oil, or eat raw blubber.
• call: Adult seals have a thick layer of fat, called blubber, under their skin.
• see: But I'm glad we didn't see 007 blubber away with abandon I agree.
• take: It took the blubber from three sealions to make a barrel of oil.

Modifies a noun

• thickness: The whale was measured and its blubber thickness taken.
• stove: The dark stains on the paper are smoke from the blubber stove.
• sample: Information on diet will be gathered from literature, new stomach contents analysis and fatty acid analysis of blubber samples.

Noun used with modifier

• whale: I now feel so welsh that on a recent trip to Japan I had to think twice when asked to eat to whale blubber.
• seal: The skins of the seals and the caribou were used for clothing and tents, while seal blubber was used for fuel and light.