I. ˈbləbə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English bluber, blober bubble, foam, probably of imitative origin
1. : a large sea nettle or medusa
2. : fat which lies between the skin and muscular flesh of whales and other large marine mammals, which serves as an insulating layer, and from which oil is obtained
3. : superfluous fat on a person or animal
4.
[ blubber (II) ]
: the act or sound of blubbering
II. verb
( blubbered ; blubbered ; blubbering -b(ə)riŋ ; blubbers )
Etymology: Middle English blubren, blobren, from bluber, blober, n.
intransitive verb
1. : to make a bubbling sound : issue with a bubbling sound — often used with up or out
2. : to weep noisily and excessively : sob
she wept, she blubbered, and she tore her hair — Jonathan Swift
transitive verb
1. : to swell or distort with weeping : wet with tears
her face all blubbered from weeping
2. : to utter haltingly while weeping : pour out (words) in tearful broken phrases
he blubbers all his troubles to the world
III. adjective
Etymology: Middle English blaber- (in blaber-lipped blubber-lipped), probably of imitative origin like Middle English bluber, blober bubble
: puffed out : thick
full blubber lips
blubber- cheeked
IV. ˈbləbə(r) adjective
Etymology: blubber (I)
1. : used for removing blubber especially in whaling
blubber hook
blubber spade
2. : using blubber as a fuel
blubber lamp
blubber stove