[blub.ber] vb blub.bered ; blub.ber.ing [ME blubren to make a bubbling sound, fr. bluber] vi (15c): to weep noisily ~ vt 1: to swell, distort, or wet with weeping
2: to utter while weeping
[2]blubber n [ME bluber bubble, foam, prob. of imit. origin] (15c) 1 a: the fat of whales and other large marine mammals b: excessive fat on the body
2: the action of blubbering [3]blubber adj (1667): puffed out: thick "~ lips"