blubber

When a person is blubbering, they are crying and sweating heavily. They are usually crying because they are very upset, or because they are cold.

  • The blubbering woman was upset because her dog had been stolen.

  • The blubbering man was cold and wet, and he was crying because he was so upset.

Definition of blubber

verb

utter while crying

Synonyms:

blubber out

verb

cry or whine with snuffling

Synonyms:

blub, snuffle, sniffle, snivel

noun

excess bodily weight

Synonyms:

avoirdupois, fat, fatness

noun

an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil

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Example Sentences for blubber

  • 1

    The bowhead whale has been hunted for blubber, meat, oil, bones, and baleen.

  • 2

    Today the meat and blubber is often kept in the freezer.

  • 3

    Beneath the skin lies a layer of fat called blubber.

  • 4

    Today, both meat and blubber are often stored in the freezer.

  • 5

    Leftover blubber was used as fuel for the fires.

  • 6

    A smooth layer of blubber lies underneath the skin.

  • 7

    It was primarily hunted for its blubber, oil, and baleen.

  • 8

    Ebb is the blubber brain that flows the lead Flow.

  • 9

    Men sliced the blubber from the lean with the assistance of a winch.

  • 10

    He is wandering the streets of Indiana, blubbering, incoherent, a ruined man.