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blubber

[bluhb-er] / ˈblʌb ər /
VERB
cry noisily
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Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


NOUN
animal or human fat
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Without fail, the miniature version of me would blubber at Sully the polka dot monster reuniting with Boo, and Marlin the clownfish traversing the ocean to find his son.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2026

The giant mammals build up chemical clues about their environment in their blubber - clues that Natalia plans to collect.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2024

They swim slowly and near shore, have thick blubber and float when killed, according to Jessica Crance, a research biologist with the Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.

From Seattle Times May 27, 2024

These currently unmonitored chemicals were also present in the blubber of dolphin carcasses that had washed ashore, as well as in the sediment collected near the known dumping area.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2024

Through the remainder of the day and night, they slept and ate, keeping the fire going in the stove with the blubber from four more seals they slaughtered on the beach.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

No other show sent me ping-ponging between uncontrollable giggles and mask-dampening blubbers.

From Washington Post Dec. 7, 2021

“People,” she blubbers, losing her balance, “have always thought that I’m a problem.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 11, 2021

Junior blubbers and begs … and finally, to Krug’s satisfaction, does as he’s told.

From The Guardian Sep. 1, 2015

He blubbers about beauty, about shame, about the death of cats, about art, about John McEnroe’s tennis defeats, about movies, about fatherhood, about rejection, about love, about fear.

From New York Times May 27, 2014

But really I’m thinking, what can you do with a man who blubbers when you make him pancakes?

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

One night she introduced herself to Jones, who was directing her then-boyfriend in a short play, and, by Waller-Bridge’s account, blubbered incoherently about being an actress.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2019

“And yet I still separate my career to before February 2017 and what came after,” he blubbered between heaves of tattle-crying.

From Washington Times Apr. 28, 2019

Bubba blubbered after each of his other three victories, too.

From Chicago Tribune Apr. 9, 2012

“A bunch of sandlotters, those Mets,” he blubbered.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2012

A blubbered and distorted face confronted her; the creature was crying.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

On restaurant outings I have pulled up a scene from the cinematic gem “Hoosiers” and gotten choked up while my kids prayed I wouldn’t still be blubbering when the waiter came.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Faced with retirement and missing out on one more Ashes dance, Harris was a "blubbering mess".

From BBC Nov. 4, 2025

Keep a box of tissues close by: I was a blubbering mess two minutes in, when Hanks follows Murray’s cold open with one of the eulogies from Candy’s funeral.

From Salon Oct. 12, 2025

You’re going to just get stern and I’m just going to be a blubbering idiot.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2023

I didn’t know if he understood anything I said through my blubbering, but his arm tightened around me and he kissed the side of my forehead.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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