blubber

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌbə(r)

Noun

blubber (plural blubbers)

1. A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis.
2. Fatty tissue.
3. 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.

Translations

fatty layer under epidermis

• Bulgarian: телесна тлъстина
• Finnish: tali (fi), läski (fi), silava (fi)

• Russian: жировой (ru) (žirovoj) слой (ru) (sloj)

fatty tissue

• Bulgarian: мастна тъкан
• Finnish: rasvakudos (fi)

• Italian: adipe (it) m
• Russian: жировая (ru) (žirovaja) ткань (ru) (tkanʹ)

coat of fat of Arctic animal

• Bulgarian: мастна тъкан
• Finnish: traani (fi)

• Italian: pannicolo (it)
• Russian: ворвань (ru) (vorvanʹ)

Synonyms

• (fatty tissue): adipose tissue

Verb

blubber (third-person singular simple present blubbers, present participle blubbering, simple past and past participle blubbered)

1. To make noises or broken words while crying.
   • Jonathan Swift

     She wept, she blubbered, and she tore her hair.

2. (archaic) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
   • Prior

     Dear Cloe, how blubbered is that pretty face!

Derived terms

• beblubber

Translations

to make noises while crying

• Bulgarian: хълцам, плача с глас
• Finnish: nyyhkiä (fi), parkua (fi), vollottaa (fi)

• French: pleurer comme un veau (fr)
• Russian: рыдать (ru) (rydatʹ)

(archaic) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears

• Russian: опухать (ru) (opuxatʹ)

Anagrams

• bubbler

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German

Verb

blubber

1. First-person singular present of blubbern.
2. Imperative singular of blubbern.