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blubber

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Verb

  1. Often followed by out: to cry out (words) while sobbing.
  2. To wet (one's eyes or face) by crying; to beweep; also, to cause (one's face) to disfigure or swell through crying.
  3. Often followed by forth: to let (one's tears) flow freely.
  4. To cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob.
  5. To bubble or bubble up; also, to make a bubbling sound like water boiling.

Noun

  1. A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).
  2. A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea): A fatty layer of adipose tissue found in other animals which keeps them warm, especially Arctic animals such as sea lions and Antarctic animals such as penguins.
  3. A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea): A person's fat tissue, usually when regarded as excessive and unsightly.
  4. A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea): A jellyfish (subphylum Medusozoa).
  5. An act of crying or weeping freely and noisily.
  6. A bubble.
  7. One who blubs (“cries or weeps freely and noisily”); a blubberer.

Adjective

  1. Especially of lips: protruding, swollen.

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