blubber
blubber Lexical Profile
blubber Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A thick insulating layer of vascularized fat located directly under the skin of whales, seals, and other marine mammals.
"A thick layer of blubber allows bowhead whales to survive in freezing Arctic waters."
Excessive or flabby body fat on a person (used informally and often derogatorily).
"He joined a rowing club in the spring hoping to shed some winter blubber."
An act of noisy, unrestrained weeping or sobbing.
"The toddler's dramatic blubber subsided as soon as he was handed a biscuit."
• verb
To sob or cry noisily and unrestrainedly, often while speaking brokenly.
"The exhausted child began to blubber when he realized he had lost his favorite toy."
• Rhymes for blubber
Word Origin & Etymology
Originating in Middle English as 'blober' (meaning a bubble or foam), the word is likely imitative of the sound of bubbling water or sobbing lips; the marine fat sense developed from the foaming of whale oil during boiling.