| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Blubber.[Websters]
2. Swollen; turgid; as, a blubbered lip.[Websters] 3. To be oiled or buttered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have flabbed or larded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To be weighted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have whimpered or sobbed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have moaned, mourned, bewailed, deplored or bemoaned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be slushed or greased. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have bawled, bleated, bellowed, yelled or screamed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have roared, boomed, brayed or blustered.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb blubber.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (blubber) | 1. Cry or whine with snuffling.[Wordnet]. 2. Utter while crying.[Wordnet]. 3. To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner.[Websters]. 4. To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.[Websters]. 5. To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: blubbering, blubbered, blubbers, blubberer, blubberers, blubberingly and blubberedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BLUBBERED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BLUBBERED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Swelled; big; turgid; as a blubbered lip.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of blubber. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: blubber
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Blubber (novel) | Blubber is a novel by Judy Blume first published in 1974. It is about Linda an overweight student, who, after giving an oral report about whales is given the nickname "Blubber" by her teacher, Wendy. (references) | ||
| Blubber out | Utter while crying. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: blubber
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Blubber cheeks | Literature | Fat, flabby cheeks, like whale's blubber. "The blubber cheeks of my friend the baronet." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Blubber cheeks | Slang in 1811 | BLUBBER CHEEKS. Large flaccid cheeks, hanging like the fat or blubber of a whale. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| Blubber finger | Medicine | A condition among seal hunters, believed due to Erysipeloid, usually occurring in the spring of the year while hunters are out on the drifting ice. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| To blubber | Slang in 1811 | 1: TO BLUBBER. To cry. 2: TO SPORT BLUBBER. Said of a large coarse woman, who exposes her bosom. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: blubber | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Blubber | 24 | Blubber | 24 | |
| Blubber (novel) | 9 | Blubber (novel) | 9 | |
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