What does blubber mean?
Definitions for blubber
ˈblʌb ərblub·ber
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Princeton's WordNet
blubbernoun
an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil
fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupoisverb
excess bodily weight
"she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffleverb
cry or whine with snuffling
"Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!"
blubber, blubber outverb
utter while crying
Wiktionary
blubbernoun
A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis.
blubbernoun
Fatty tissue.
blubbernoun
The thick coat of fat worn by many arctic animals, such as sea lions, and antarctic animals, such as penguins; used to insulate warmth in the animal's body.
blubberverb
To make noises or broken words while crying.
blubberverb
To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
Dear Cloe, how blubbered is that pretty face! uE000209026uE001 Prior.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
BLUBBERnoun
The part of a whale that contains the oil.
To Blubberverb
To swell the cheeks with weeping.
Fair streams represent unto me my blubbered face; let tears procure your stay. Philip Sidney.
The wild wood gods arrived in the place,
There find the virgin doleful, desolate,
With ruffled raiment, and fair blubber’d face,
As her outrageous foe had left her late. Fairy Queen, b. i.Tir’d with the search, not finding what she seeks,
With cruel blows she pounds her blubber’d cheeks. Dryden.To Blubberverb
To weep in such a manner as to swell the cheeks.
Etymology: from the noun.
Even so lies she,
Blubb’ring and weeping, weeping and blubb’ring. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.A thief came to a boy that was blubbering by the side of a well, and asked what he cried for. Roger L'Estrange.
Soon as Glumdalclitch miss’d her pleasing care,
She wept, she blubber’d, and she tore her hair. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
Blubber
Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds, penguins, and sirenians.
ChatGPT
blubber
Blubber is a thick layer of fat, also known as adipose tissue, located under the skin of many marine animals such as seals, whales, and walruses. It serves as an insulator to maintain body heat in cold water and as a source of energy when food is scarce.
Webster Dictionary
Blubbernoun
a bubble
Blubbernoun
the fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh
Blubbernoun
a large sea nettle or medusa
Blubberverb
to weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner
Blubberverb
to swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears
Blubberverb
to give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out
Wikidata
Blubber
Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized adipose tissue found under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds and sirenians.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Blubber
blub′ėr, n. the fat of whales and other sea animals.—v.i. to weep effusively.—p.adj. Blubb′ered, of a face swollen with weeping. [M. E. blober, bluber; most likely onomatopœic]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
BLUBBER
The useful product of a dead whale. The useless product of a live baby.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
blubber
The layer of fat in whales between the skin and the flesh, which is flinched or peeled off, and boiled for oil, varying from 10 to 20 inches in thickness. (See SEA-BLUBBER.)
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of blubber in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of blubber in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of blubber in a Sentence
Environmental contamination is a serious issue for these whales, and it is exacerbated during times of nutritional stress when their toxic blubber is metabolized to maintain body functions.
The baby was so newborn, it didn’t have blubber. It kept sinking, and the mother would raise it to the surface.
When the animal is out of the water, blubber can be heavy and cumbersome.
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- хълцамBulgarian
- grasa de ballenaSpanish
- tali, läski, nyyhkiä, parkua, silava, traani, rasvakudos, vollottaaFinnish
- pleurer comme un veau, chialerFrench
- nutaġiñġaqInupiaq
- pannicolo, adipeItalian
- ᐅᖅᓱᖅInuktitut
- orsoqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- өкүр, өксө, ворваньKyrgyz
- pera, wairutu, ngakoMāori
- жирой, ворвань, слой, ткань, опухать, рыдать, жировойRussian
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