blubber

Speech parts

1. blubber - Noun

2. blubber - Verb

Meaning

A bubble.

The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.

A large sea nettle or medusa.

To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner.

To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.

To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fat blub avoirdupois fatness snivel sniffle snuffle blubber out putty yelp pule obesity paraffin tallow howl
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Antonyms

crow twitter lark peal gas snort
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Hypernyms

speak mouth talk cry utter weep

Hyponyms

obesity adiposity oiliness corpulency fleshiness greasiness

Phrases with the word

product from blubber pilot whale blubber blubber beast whale blubber

Derivatives

blubbered blubbering

Anagrams

bubbler

Examples

I take a wolf's rib and whittle it sharp at both ends and coil it up and freeze it in blubber and place it out on the fairway of the bears. Galway Kinnell

she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others Source: Internet

Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess! Source: Internet

Contaminants that are discharged into the marine environment accumulate in the bodies of marine mammals when they are stored unintentionally in their blubber along with energy. Source: Internet

Calves are born with only a thin layer of blubber, but some species compensate for this with thick lanugos.sfnsfn Whales have a two- to three-chambered stomach that is similar in structure to terrestrial carnivores. Source: Internet

Cooled sperm oil congeals and must be squeezed back into liquid state; blubber is boiled in the try-pots on deck; the warm oil is decanted into casks, and then stowed in the ship. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Blub paradox Blubaugh blubbed blubber beast blubber out blubber-lip