EGAVE

blubber

About 0.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb Often followed by out: to cry out (words) while sobbing. To wet (one's eyes or face) by crying; to beweep; also, to cause (one's face) to disfigure or swell through crying. Often followed by forth: to let (one's tears) flow freely.
  2. verb Often followed by out: to cry out (words) while sobbing.
  3. verb To wet (one's eyes or face) by crying; to beweep; also, to cause (one's face) to disfigure or swell through crying.
  4. verb Often followed by forth: to let (one's tears) flow freely.
  5. verb To cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob.
  6. verb To cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob.
  7. verb To bubble or bubble up; also, to make a bubbling sound like water boiling.
  8. noun A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea). A fatty layer of adipose tissue found in other animals which keeps them warm, especially Arctic animals such as sea lions and Antarctic animals such as penguins. A person's fat tissue, usually when regarded as excessive and unsightly. A jellyfish (subphylum Medusozoa).

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Word family

blubbered blubbering blubbers

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