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blubber1 verbblubber2 noun blubberblub‧ber1 /ˈblʌbə $ -ər/ (also blub /blʊb/) verb [intransitive] blubber1Origin: 1400-1500 blubber ‘to make a bubbling sound’ (14-18 centuries), from blubber ‘bubble’; ➔ BLUBBER2 VERB TABLEblubber |
Present | I, you, we, they | blubber | | he, she, it | blubbers | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | blubbered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have blubbered | | he, she, it | has blubbered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had blubbered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will blubber | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have blubbered |
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Present | I | am blubbering | | he, she, it | is blubbering | | you, we, they | are blubbering | Past | I, he, she, it | was blubbering | | you, we, they | were blubbering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been blubbering | | he, she, it | has been blubbering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been blubbering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be blubbering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been blubbering |
- I just stay there, squatting on the pavement, blubbering like a baby.
- Now, of course, we have them blubbering all over the place.
- Three decades on and he's still enthralled - he almost falls blubbering at John Lee's feet.
► whale blubber (=fat from whales) to cry noisily, especially in a way that annoys peopleblubber1 verbblubber2 noun blubberblubber2 noun [uncountable] blubber2Origin: 1600-1700 blubber ‘bubble, foam’ (14-19 centuries), probably from the sound of bubbling; perhaps because the inside parts of fish, whales, etc. seem to bubble when they are cut open - A large piece of whale blubber, bearing the marks of fleshing knives, has been discovered off west Falkland.
- Aquatic birds and mammals, equipped with subcutaneous blubber, may also have a covering of fur or feathers.
- Is it the thin grayish covering, or is it the twelve to fifteen inch layer of blubber which surrounds his body?
- Large quantities of unused frozen meat and blubber have been found on rubbish dumps after recent drives.
- Moving closer, Miles watched as strips of blubber were placed along with heated stones into canoes filled with water.
- She has lost most of her blubber and she is starving.
- They chewed at it until, softened, it yielded, like blubber or leather, to their understanding.
► whale blubber (=fat from whales) the fat of sea animals, especially whales |