blubber (redirected from blubberingly)

blub·ber ¹  (blbr)

v. blub·bered, blub·ber·ing, blub·bers

v.intr.

To sob noisily. See Synonyms at cry.

v.tr.

1. To utter while crying and sobbing.

2. To make wet and swollen by weeping.

n.

A loud sobbing.

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[Middle English bluberen, to bubble, from bluber, foam.]

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blubber·er n.

blubber·ing·ly adv.

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blub·ber ²  (blbr)

n.

1. The thick layer of fat between the skin and the muscle layers of whales and other marine mammals, from which an oil is obtained.

2. Excessive body fat.

3. A large sea nettle or medusa.

adj.

Swollen and protruding: blubber cheeks.

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[Middle English bluber, foam.]

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blubber·y adj.

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blubber [ˈblʌbə]

vb

1. to sob without restraint

2. to utter while sobbing

3. (tr) to make (the face) wet and swollen or disfigured by crying

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a thick insulating layer of fatty tissue below the skin of aquatic mammals such as the whale: used by man as a source of oil

2. Informal excessive and flabby body fat

3. the act or an instance of weeping without restraint

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Austral an informal name for jellyfish

adj

(often in combination) swollen or fleshy blubber-faced blubber-lips

[perhaps from Low German blubbern to bubble, of imitative origin]

blubberer  n

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blubber  (blbr)

The thick layer of fat between the skin and the muscle layers of whales and other marine mammals. It insulates the animal from heat loss and serves as a food reserve.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blubber - an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil animal oil - any oil obtained from animal substances
	2.	blubber - excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others" fatness, avoirdupois, fat bodily property - an attribute of the body adiposeness, adiposity, fattiness - having the property of containing fat; "he recommended exercise to reduce my adiposity" abdominousness, paunchiness - the bodily property of a protruding belly greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness - consisting of or covered with oil corpulency, fleshiness, obesity - more than average fatness steatopygia - an extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks
Verb	1.	blubber - cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" blub, sniffle, snivel, snuffle weep, cry - shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"
	2.	blubber - utter while crying blubber out mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

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blubber

noun

fat, fatty tissue, adipose tissue a thick layer of blubber

verb

weep, sob, wail, whimper, bawl, snivel, yowl, greet (Scot. or archaic), mewl, howl your eyes out To their surprise, their mother started to blubber like a child.

Translations

blubber¹ [ˈblʌbəʳ] N [of whale, seal] → grasa f

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blubber² [ˈblʌbəʳ]

A. N → lloriqueo m
she just wanted to have a good blubber → tenía ganas de llorar

B. VI (= weep) → lloriquear
stop blubbering! → ¡deja ya de lloriquear!

C. VT → decir lloriqueando

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blubber [ˈblʌbə^r]

n (= fat) → blanc m de baleine

vi (pejorative) → pleurer comme un veau

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blubber

n

→ Walfischspeck m; (inf, on person) → Wabbelspeck m (inf)

(inf: = weep) to have a blubber → flennen (inf), → heulen (inf)

vti (inf) → flennen (inf), → heulen (inf)

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blubber [ˈblʌbəʳ]

1. n (of whales) → grasso di balena

2. vi (weep) → frignare

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blubber [ˈblʌbəʳ]

1. n (of whales) → grasso di balena

2. vi (weep) → frignare

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blubber

n blubber [ˈblabə]

the fat of whales and other sea animals. walvisspek دُهْن الحوت китова мас tuk (velrybí) spæk der Walfischspeck λίπος φάλαινας και άλλων θαλάσσιων ζώων grasa de ballena traan چربی نهنگ و دیگر پستانداران دریایی traani blanc de baleine שוּמַן לִויָתָן ह्वेल या अन्य समुद्री जीवों की चरबी kitovo salo bálnazsír lemak paus, dll. (hval/sel)spik grasso di balena (鯨の) 脂肪 고래 등의 지방 (banginių ir pan.) taukai trāns lemak blubber (hval/sel)spekk tran banha untură de balenă ворвань veľrybí tuk ribja mast salo späck ชั้นไขมันที่อยู่ระหว่างชั้นกล้ามเนื้อและหนังของปลาวาฬ yağ, balina yağı 鯨脂，海獸脂 китовий жир, ворвань وہیل اور دیگر سمندری جانوروں کی چربی mỡ cá voi 鲸脂，海兽脂