BLUBBER


Meaning of BLUBBER in English

I. ˈblə-bər verb

( blub·bered ; blub·ber·ing ˈblə-b(ə-)riŋ)

Etymology: Middle English blubren to make a bubbling sound, from bluber

Date: 15th century

intransitive verb

: to weep noisily

transitive verb

1. : to swell, distort, or wet with weeping

2. : to utter while weeping

II. noun

Etymology: Middle English bluber bubble, foam, probably of imitative origin

Date: 15th century

1.

a. : the fat of whales and other large marine mammals

b. : excessive fat on the body

2. : the action of blubbering

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.