I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
whale blubber (= fat from whales )
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Quit blubbering!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I just stay there, squatting on the pavement, blubbering like a baby.
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Now, of course, we have them blubbering all over the place.
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Three decades on and he's still enthralled - he almost falls blubbering at John Lee's feet.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A large piece of whale blubber , bearing the marks of fleshing knives, has been discovered off west Falkland.
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Aquatic birds and mammals, equipped with subcutaneous blubber , may also have a covering of fur or feathers.
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Is it the thin grayish covering, or is it the twelve to fifteen inch layer of blubber which surrounds his body?
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Large quantities of unused frozen meat and blubber have been found on rubbish dumps after recent drives.
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Moving closer, Miles watched as strips of blubber were placed along with heated stones into canoes filled with water.
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She has lost most of her blubber and she is starving.
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They chewed at it until, softened, it yielded, like blubber or leather, to their understanding.