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blubber

[bluhb-er] / ˈblʌb ər /
VERB
cry noisily
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Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


NOUN
animal or human fat
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Their evidence included finding stone harpoon points that hadn’t been used since the mid-1800s embedded in the blubber of whales recently killed by traditional whalers.

From Salon Dec. 27, 2024

This was a revival of an older recipe, we were told, but the chicken was a blob of blubber with the consistency of paper.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 2024

On the business end, there is a 3cm metal tip that plucks a piece of skin and blubber from the whale’s body.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2024

They swim slowly and near shore, have thick blubber and float when killed, according to Jessica Crance, a research biologist with the Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.

From Seattle Times May 27, 2024

His blubber rippled as if he were boiling inside.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

No other show sent me ping-ponging between uncontrollable giggles and mask-dampening blubbers.

From Washington Post Dec. 7, 2021

“People,” she blubbers, losing her balance, “have always thought that I’m a problem.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 11, 2021

Junior blubbers and begs … and finally, to Krug’s satisfaction, does as he’s told.

From The Guardian Sep. 1, 2015

Bill blubbers about the inhumanity crushing him in his job.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2014

But really I’m thinking, what can you do with a man who blubbers when you make him pancakes?

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

One night she introduced herself to Jones, who was directing her then-boyfriend in a short play, and, by Waller-Bridge’s account, blubbered incoherently about being an actress.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2019

“And yet I still separate my career to before February 2017 and what came after,” he blubbered between heaves of tattle-crying.

From Washington Times Apr. 28, 2019

Bubba blubbered after each of his other three victories, too.

From Chicago Tribune Apr. 9, 2012

“A bunch of sandlotters, those Mets,” he blubbered.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2012

A blubbered and distorted face confronted her; the creature was crying.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

On restaurant outings I have pulled up a scene from the cinematic gem “Hoosiers” and gotten choked up while my kids prayed I wouldn’t still be blubbering when the waiter came.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Keep a box of tissues close by: I was a blubbering mess two minutes in, when Hanks follows Murray’s cold open with one of the eulogies from Candy’s funeral.

From Salon Oct. 12, 2025

You’re going to just get stern and I’m just going to be a blubbering idiot.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2023

"That moment, being about to be announced as Olympic champions, I was gone. I was blubbering," said Daley.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2021

I cried again when I pulled them pants on, but I fuss at myself hard and stop blubbering.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles




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