blubn.
/blʌb/, U.S. /bləb/ A fit or spell of weeping.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > fit(s) of weeping
shower1449
lachrymals1753
weep1836
cry1852
blub1894
1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby II. 255 It would do him good once more to have a good blub.
1968 Listener 11 July 38/3 I had a good blub down the first five miles of the dual carriageway.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† blubadj.
Obsolete.
An attributive use of blub v., chiefly used in combination (cf. knock-kneed adj.) with sense ‘Swollen, puffed, protruding’, as in blub-cheeks, blub-lips; whence in combination blub-cheeked, blub-faced, etc.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > lip or lips > types of
babber-lippedc1400
blab-lippedc1430
blabber-lipped1483
thick-lippeda1529
blobber-lipped1593
blub1603
red-lipped1605
rose-lippeda1616
blubbered1634
sweet-lippeda1644
labrous1656
blobber1670
blubber1677
blubber-lipped1690
red-mouthed1838
blubberous1863
semihiant1873
slobber1895
labrose1905
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 775 Blub cheeked, and exceeding red faced.
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. x. 64 A Country Wench..blub-fac'd, and flat-nosed.
1679 T. Shadwell True Widow ii. 27 You have a pretty pouting about the mouth..and fine little blub-lips.
1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) i at Cheek Full cheeked, or blub cheeked, bucco.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
blubv.
1. transitive. To swell, puff out with weeping or otherwise. Obsolete.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > cheek > [verb (transitive)] > types of cheek
blub1559
blab1719
chuff1821
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates 112 My face was blown and blub'd with dropsy wan.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [verb (intransitive)] > lips
poutc1484
pouch1647
blub1684
unpurse1838
moue1938
1684 T. Southerne Disappointment ii. i. 17 Her Eyes and Lips; see how they blubb and pout.
II. Senses relating to weeping.
3. Short for blubber v. 4. colloquial.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > with weeping
blubber1584
bluther1637
blub1804
1804 W. Tarras Poems 124 (Jam.) Your cheeks are sae bleer't, and sae blubbit adown?
4. Short for blubber v. 3, to weep, cry. colloquial.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)]
greetc725
weepc900
tearc950
plore1373
beweepc1374
to put one's finger in one's eye1447
waterc1450
lachryme1490
cryc1532
lerma1533
tricklec1540
to water one's plants1542
to show tears1553
shower1597
issuea1616
lachrymate1623
sheda1632
pipe1671
to take a pipe1671
to pipe one's eye (also eyes)?1789
twine1805
to let fall1816
whinnya1825
blub1866
slobber1875
blart1896
skrike1904
water-cart1914
1866 A. Dobson in Beeton's Annual 211 Bob privately confessed to me that he always felt inclined to ‘blub’ over those whipper-tunes.
1873 Punch 8 Mar. 97/1 The sentimental gentleman who blubs over bellowing garrotters.
1884 R. D. Blackmore Hist. Sir T. Upmore vi Keep up your spirits, young fellow, and don't blub.
1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 48 Stalky..pretended to blub... Then I blubbed, too.
1928 T. Thurston Portrait of Spy, Paris §1 He was blubbing in her arms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.1894
adj.1603
v.1559