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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

A more definitive answer, however, will have to wait until he receives results from blood, blubber and tissue samples collected from the whale.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2025

“It’s a scientific tool we use to collect whale skin and blubber samples.”

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

By six thirty all hands were pitching tents, and Green was firing up the blubber stove to make dinner out of the seal.

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

Bill blubbers about the inhumanity crushing him in his job.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 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

“I thought I’d have a home of my own,” I blubbered.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2023

And I think, you know, it's kind of amazing that Hank comes to him just blubbering and in tears, and the fact that he wants to open up a franchise with him is like, "What?"

From Salon Jun. 13, 2022

"That moment, being about to be announced as Olympic champions, I was gone. I was blubbering," said Daley.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2021

Just as I finished my blubbering, I spotted Samir taking advantage of the distraction to switch the drinks in front of him and the ablutionist.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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