1
a
: the fat of whales and other large marine mammals
b
: excessive fat on the body
2
: the action of blubbering
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Verb
Oh, stop blubbering, you big baby!
the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee
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Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2012
On and on the tears flowed, from Pittsburgh to Minnesota, from Northern California to South Florida, with many blubbering that signing two-time Cy Young Award-winning Blake Snell to a $182-million contract officially makes the defending World Series champions bad for the game.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Opheli Garcia Lawlor, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
Giving humpbacks time to migrate south The delay is meant to provide more time for the whales to migrate south for the winter after building up blubber feeding off the shore.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Verb
One year ago, the chubby and blubbering soon-to-be leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was seen walking alongside the hearse that carried his dead father, Kim Jong Il.
—Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2012
On and on the tears flowed, from Pittsburgh to Minnesota, from Northern California to South Florida, with many blubbering that signing two-time Cy Young Award-winning Blake Snell to a $182-million contract officially makes the defending World Series champions bad for the game.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
Oh yeah, had a very memorable green chili cheeseburger in the vicinity of Truth or Consequences New Mexico and whale blubber in Alaska.
—Opheli Garcia Lawlor, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
Giving humpbacks time to migrate south The delay is meant to provide more time for the whales to migrate south for the winter after building up blubber feeding off the shore.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Blubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blubber. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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blubber
1 of 2 noun
blub·ber
ˈbləb-ər 
1
: the fat of whales and other large sea mammals
2
: the action of blubbering
blubber
2 of 2 verb
blubbered; blubbering
-(ə-)riŋ
1
: to weep noisily
2
: to talk and weep at the same time
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