blubber
/ˈblʌbəɹ/
Frequency: 2.53 in modern English
Meaning
verb
To wet (one's eyes or face) by crying; to beweep; also, to cause (one's face) to disfigure or swell through crying.
Archaic; Transitive verb
verb
To bubble or bubble up; also, to make a bubbling sound like water boiling.
Intransitive verb; Obsolete
noun
A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).
Uncountable
noun
A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).
Derogatory; Informal; Offensive; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Here Bliſil ſighed bitterly; upon vvhich VVeſtern, vvhoſe Eyes vvere full of Tears at the praiſe of Sophia, blubbered out, 'Don't be Chicken-hearted, for ſhat ha her, d—n me, ſhat ha her, if ſhe vvas tvventy Times as good.'"
- "Her ſvvollen eyes vvere much diſfigured, / And her faire face vvith teares vvas fovvly blubbered."
- "As God sees the water in the spring in the veins of the earth, before it bubble upon the face of the earth; so God sees tears in the heart of a man, before they blubber his face; God hears the tears of that sorrowful soul, which for sorrow cannot shed tears."
- "Dear Cloe, how blubber'd is that pretty Face? / Thy Cheek all on Fire, and Thy Hair all uncurl'd: […]"
- "[S]he haſtily retired, taking vvith her her little Girl, vvhoſe eyes vvere all over blubbered at the melancholy Nevvs ſhe heard of Jones, vvho uſed to call her his little VVife, and not only gave her many Playthings, but ſpent vvhole Hours in playing vvith her himſelf."
- "The opening of the first grammar-school was the opening of the first trench against monopoly in church and state; the first row of trammels and pothooks which the little Shearjashubs and Elkanahs blotted and blubbered across their copy-books, was the preamble to the Declaration of Independence."
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈblʌbəɹ/
- British English: /ˈblʌbə/