blubber

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: blub=ber

CIDE DICTIONARY

blubber, n. [See Blobber, Blob, Bleb.].

•  A bubble.  [1913 Webster]

  "At his mouth a blubber stood of foam."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  A large sea nettle or medusa.  [1913 Webster]

blubber, v. i. 

 To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner.  [1913 Webster]
"She wept, she blubbered, and she tore her hair."  [1913 Webster]

blubber, v. t. 

•  To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.  [1913 Webster]

  "Dear Cloe, how blubbered is that pretty face!"  [1913 Webster]
•  To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

blubber, n. & v.
--n.
1 whale fat.
2 a spell of weeping.
--v.
1 intr. sob loudly.
2 tr. sob out (words).

Derivative

blubberer n. blubberingly adv. blubbery adj.

blubber, adj. (of the lips) swollen, protruding.

Etymology

earlier blabber, blobber, imit.

THESAURUS

blubber

bark, bawl, bellow, blare, blat, boil, boil over, boohoo, boom, bray, break down, breathe, breeze, bubble, bubble over, bubble up, burble, burst into tears, butter, buzz, cackle, chant, chirp, clay, coo, crow, cry, cushion, dissolve in tears, dough, down, drawl, drone, drop a tear, effervesce, eiderdown, exclaim, feather bed, feathers, ferment, fizz, fizzle, fleece, floss, flue, fluff, flute, foam, gabble, gasp, gibber, greet, growl, grunt, guggle, gurgle, hiss, jabber, kapok, keen, lilt, maunder, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter, pant, pillow, pipe, plop, plush, pudding, puff, putty, roar, rubber, rumble, satin, scream, screech, seethe, shed tears, shriek, sibilate, sigh, silk, simmer, sing, snap, snarl, snivel, snort, sob, sparkle, speak incoherently, splutter, sputter, squall, squawk, squeal, susurrate, swansdown, thistledown, thunder, trumpet, twang, velvet, wail, warble, wax, weep, whimper, whine, whisper, wool, work, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, zephyr

ROGET THESAURUS

blubber

Lamentation

VB lament, mourn, deplore, grieve, weep over, bewail, bemoan, condole with, fret, wear mourning, go into mourning, put on mourning, wear the willow, wear sackcloth and ashes, infandum renovare dolorem, give sorrow words, sigh, give a sigh, heave, fetch a sigh, waft a sigh from Indus to the pole, sigh 'like a furnace', wail, cry, weep, sob, greet, blubber, pipe, snivel, bibber, whimper, pule, pipe one's eye, drop tears, shed tears, drop a tear, shed a tear, melt into tears, burst into tears, fondre en larmes, cry oneself blind, cry one's eyes out, yammer, scream, mew, groan, moan, whine, roar, roar like a bull, bellow like a bull, cry out lustily, rend the air, frown, scowl, make a wry face, gnash one's teeth, wring one's hands, tear one's hair, beat one's breast, roll on the ground, burst with grief, complain, murmur, mutter, grumble, growl, clamor, make a fuss about, croak, grunt, maunder, deprecate, cry out before one is hurt, complain without cause.

Oil

N oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge, blubber, glycerin, stearin, elaine, oleagine, soap, soft soap, wax, cerement, paraffin, spermaceti, adipocere, petroleum, mineral, mineral rock, mineral crystal, mineral oil, vegetable oil, colza oil, olive oil, salad oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, nut oil, animal oil, neat's foot oil, train oil, ointment, unguent, liniment, aceite, amole, Barbados tar, fusel oil, grain oil, rape oil, seneca oil, hydrate of amyl, ghee, heating oil, #2 oil, No, 2 oil, distillate, residual oils, kerosene, jet fuel, gasoline, naphtha, stearin.