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blubber1 definition

blub·ber (blub′ər)

noun

  1. the fat of the whale and other sea mammals, from which an oil is obtained
  2. Informal unsightly fat on the human body

Etymology: ME blober, a bubble; prob. of echoic orig.: see bleb

blubber2 definition

blub·ber (blub′ər)

intransitive verb

to weep loudly, like a child

Etymology: ME bloberen, to bubble: see blubber

transitive verb

  1. to say while blubbering
  2. to wet, disfigure, or swell with weeping

noun

loud weeping; a blubbering

adjective

thick or swollen

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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