blubberverb [ I ]
uk/ˈblʌb.ər/us/ˈblʌb.ɚ/-rr- informal disapproving UK informal blubto cry in a noisy way like a child:
There he sat, cowering against the wall, blubbering like a child.
Oh stop blubbing! Your knee can't hurt that much.
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Weeping and crying
- bawl
- bucket
- burst
- burst out laughing/crying idiom
- crocodile tears
- crumple
- dissolve
- dry your eyes idiom
- flood
- lachrymose
- mist
- mist (sth) over/up
- misty-eyed
- not a dry eye in the house idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- sniffle
- snuffle
- tear 1
- weepy
- wept
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blubbernoun [ U ]
uk/ˈblʌb.ər/us/ˈblʌb.ɚ/the thick layer of fat under the skin of sea mammals, such as whales, that keeps them warm
informal too much body fat on a human:
Get some exercise and get rid of some of that blubber!
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- grey matter
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- lymph vessel
- peptic
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- vitreous humour
- xiphoid
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