blubber
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/blub"euhr/, n.
1. Zool. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
2. excess body fat.
3. an act of weeping noisily and without restraint.
v.i.
4. to weep noisily and without restraint: Stop blubbering and tell me what's wrong.
v.t.
5. to say, esp. incoherently, while weeping: The child seemed to be blubbering something about a lost ring.
6. to contort or disfigure (the features) with weeping.
adj.
7. disfigured with blubbering; blubbery: She dried her blubber eyes.
8. fatty; swollen; puffed out (usually used in combination):
thick, blubber lips; blubber-faced.
[1250-1300; ME bluber bubble, bubbling water, entrails, whale oil; appar. imit.]
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Blubber — is a thick layer of vascularized fat found under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds and sirenians.cite web | url= http://www.wisegeek.com/what is blubber.htm | title= What is Blubber?] DescriptionLipid rich, collagen fiber laced blubber… … Wikipedia
Blubber — Blub ber, n. [See {Blobber}, {Blob}, {Bleb}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A bubble. [1913 Webster] At his mouth a blubber stood of foam. Henryson. [1913 Webster] 2. The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blubber — Ⅰ. blubber [1] ► NOUN ▪ the fat of sea mammals, especially whales and seals. DERIVATIVES blubbery adjective. ORIGIN originally denoting the foaming of the sea: perhaps symbolic. Ⅱ. blubber [2] … English terms dictionary
Blubber — Blub ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blubbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blubbering}.] 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. Swift. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blubber — Blub ber, v. t. 1. To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears. [1913 Webster] Dear Cloe, how blubbered is that pretty face! Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); with forth or out … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blubber — [ blʌbə; englisch »Tran«, »Speck«] der, s, Bezeichnung für Walspeck … Universal-Lexikon
blubber — vb *cry, weep, wail, keen, whimper … New Dictionary of Synonyms
blubber — blubber1 [blub′ər] n. [ME blober, a bubble; prob. of echoic orig.: see BLEB] 1. the fat of the whale and other sea mammals, from which an oil is obtained 2. Informal unsightly fat on the human body blubber2 [blub′ər] vi. [ME bloberen, to bubble:… … English World dictionary
Blubber — Wal Blubber Als Blubber (von engl. blubber: Walspeck, Fischtran) wird die mehrere Zentimeter dicke Fettschicht von Walen und Robben bezeichnet. Da Wale im Gegensatz zu anderen Säugetieren kein Fell besitzen, das sie warm hält, benötigen sie eine… … Deutsch Wikipedia
blubber — blub|ber1 [ˈblʌbə US ər] v also blub [blub] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: blubber [i] to make a bubbling sound (14 18 centuries), from blubber bubble ; BLUBBER2] to cry noisily, especially in a way that annoys people blubber 2 blubber2 n [U] [Date:… … Dictionary of contemporary English
blubber — {{11}}blubber (n.) late 14c., blober a bubble, bubbling water; foaming waves, probably echoic of bubbling water. Original notion of bubbling, foaming survives in the figurative verbal meaning to weep, cry (c.1400). Meaning whale fat first… … Etymology dictionary
