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1. (n.) blubber
the layer of fat below the skin of the whale or other large marine mammal.
2. blubber
excess body fat.
3. blubber
an act of noisy, unrestrained weeping.
4. (v.i.) blubber
to weep noisily and without restraint.
5. (v.t.) blubber
to utter, esp. incoherently, while weeping.
6. blubber
to contort (the features) with weeping.
7. (adj.) blubber
puffed out:
blubber-faced.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME bluber bubble, bubbling water, entrails, whale oil; appar. imit.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) blubber
an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil
2. (verb) fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois
excess bodily weight
"she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
3. (verb) snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle
cry or whine with snuffling
"Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!"
4. (verb) blubber, blubber out
utter while crying
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) blubber
a bubble
2. (noun) blubber
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
3. (noun) blubber
a large sea nettle or medusa
4. (verb) blubber
to weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner
5. (verb) blubber
to swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears
6. (verb) blubber
to give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out
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Sense: the fat of whales and other sea animals.
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 Afrikaans: walvisspek |
 Arabic: دُهْن الحوت |
 Bulgarian: китова мас |
 Brazilian: banha |
 Czech: tuk (velrybí) |
 German: der Walfischspeck |
 Danish: spæk |
 Greek: λίπος φάλαινας και άλλων |
 Spanish: grasa de ballena |
 Estonian: traan |
 Farsi: چربی نهنگ و دیگر پستاندار |
 Finnish: traani |
 French: blanc de baleine |
 Hebrew: שוּמַן לִויָתָן |
 Hindi: ह्वेल या अन्य समुद्री जीव |
 Croatian: kitovo salo |
 Hungarian: bálnazsír |
 Indonesian: lemak paus, dll. |
 Icelandic: (hval/sel)spik |
 Italian: grasso di balena |
 Japanese: (鯨の) 脂肪 |
 Korean: 고래 등의 지방 |
 Lithuanian: (banginių ir pan.) taukai |
 Latvian: trāns |
 Malay: lemak |
 Dutch: blubber |
 Norwegian: (hval/sel)spekk |
 Polish: tran |
 Persian: چربی نهنگ و دیگر پستاندار |
 Pashto: د نهنګ او نورو دریایی تی |
 Portuguese: banha |
 Romanian: untură de balenă |
 Russian: ворвань |
 Slovak: veľrybí tuk |
 Slovenian: ribja mast |
 Serbian: salo |
 Swedish: späck |
 Thai: ชั้นไขมันที่อยู่ระหว่างชั |
 Turkish: yağ, balina yağı |
 Taiwanese: 鯨脂，海獸脂 |
 Ukrainian: китовий жир, ворвань |
 Urdu: وہیل اور دیگر سمندری جانو |
 Vietnamese: mỡ cá voi |
 Chinese: 鲸脂，海兽脂 |
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