blubber
11blubber — {{11}}blubber (n.) late 14c., blober a bubble, bubbling water; foaming waves, probably echoic of bubbling water. Original notion of bubbling, foaming survives in the figurative verbal meaning to weep, cry (c.1400). Meaning whale fat first… …
12blubber — blubberer, n. blubberingly, adv. /blub euhr/, n. 1. Zool. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made. 2. excess body fat. 3. an act of weeping noisily and without restraint. v.i. 4. to weep… …
13blubber — [[t]blʌ̱bə(r)[/t]] blubbers, blubbering, blubbered 1) N UNCOUNT Blubber is the fat of whales, seals, and similar sea animals. This enables the baby whale to develop a thick layer of blubber to protect it from the cold sea. 2) VERB If someone… …
14blubber — I UK [ˈblʌbə(r)] / US [ˈblʌbər] verb Word forms blubber : present tense I/you/we/they blubber he/she/it blubbers present participle blubbering past tense blubbered past participle blubbered informal 1) [intransitive] to cry in a noisy and… …
15Blubber — Blub|ber [ blʌbə] der; s <aus gleichbed. engl. blubber> Speck, Tran von Meeressäugetieren …
16blubber — blub|ber1 [ blʌbər ] verb INFORMAL 1. ) intransitive to cry in a noisy and uncontrolled way: The woman was blubbering like a child. 2. ) transitive to try to say something while you are crying: I didn t mean to do it! he blubbered. blubber… …
17blubber — [14] The original notion underlying blubber is of ‘bubbling’ or ‘foaming’, particularly in relation to the sea, and it may, like bubble itself, be an onomatopoeic creation, imitative of the sound of spluttering or popping water. This sense died… …
18blubber n — The useful product of a dead whale. The useless product of a live baby. blubber n …
19blubber — 1 verb 1 also blub (I) to cry noisily, especially in a way that annoys people: Stop blubbering, for heaven s sake! 2 also blubber out (T) to say something while crying noisily: It s not my fault, she blubbered. 2 noun (U) the fat of sea animals,… …
20blubber — [ˈblʌbə] noun [U] I a layer of fat around the body of a sea animal such as a WHALE II verb [I] informal blubber [ˈblʌbə] to cry in a noisy and uncontrolled way …
