1. n. & v.
--n.
1. whale fat.
2 a spell of weeping.
--v.
1. intr. sob loudly.
2 tr. sob out (words).
Derivatives:
blubberer n. blubberingly adv. blubbery adj.
Etymology: ME perh. imit. (obs. meanings 'foaming, bubble') 2. adj. (of the lips) swollen, protruding.
Etymology: earlier blabber, blobber, imit.