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BLUBBER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excess bodily weight

Example:

she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others

Synonyms:

avoirdupois; blubber; fat; fatness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("blubber" is a kind of...):

bodily property (an attribute of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blubber"):

adiposeness; adiposity; fattiness (having the property of containing fat)

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)

Derivation:

blubbery (swollen with fat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("blubber" is a kind of...):

animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cry or whine with snuffling

Example:

Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!

Synonyms:

blub; blubber; sniffle; snivel; snuffle

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "blubber" is one way to...):

cry; weep (shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue blubber

Derivation:

blubberer (someone who sniffles and weeps with loud sobs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter while crying

Synonyms:

blubber; blubber out

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "blubber" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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