Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blubbing

/ˈblʌbɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: blub-bing
IPA: /ˈblʌbɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of blub

noun

Crying; whining; blubbering.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Herbie had taken out a handkerchief and blown his nose loudly, muttering something about "Foolish. Blubbings. Foolish. Unmanly, the blubbings.""

Usage

Inflected Forms

blubbings (plural)

Rhymes With

rubbing clubbing dubbing grubbing drubbing flubbing pubbing

Questions

How do you pronounce blubbing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈblʌbɪŋ/.
What does blubbing mean?: present participle and gerund of blub

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