Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - blubber
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Blubber
blubber
I. verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English blubren to make a bubbling sound, from bluber Date: 15th century intransitive verb to weep noisily transitive verb 1. to swell, distort, or wet with weeping 2. to utter while weeping II. noun Etymology: Middle English bluber bubble, foam, probably of imitative origin Date: 15th century 1. a. the fat of whales and other large marine mammals b. excessive fat on the body 2. the action of ~ing
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 whale fat. 2 a spell of weeping. --v. 1 intr. sob loudly. 2 tr. sob out (words). Derivatives blubberer n. blubberingly adv. blubbery adj. Etymology: ME perh. imit. (obs. meanings 'foaming, bubble') 2. adj. (of the lips) swollen, protruding. Etymology: earlier blabber, blobber, imit. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. ворвань 2. медуза 3. плач, рев 4. диал. пузырь (на воде) 5. лишний жир (на теле) 6. толстый, распухший (о губах) 7. громко плакать, реветь 8. уст. пузыриться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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out говорить о чем-л., рыдая The prisoner at last blubbered out his guilt. BLUBBER I noun 1) ворвань 2) медуза (разновидность) II 1. noun плач, рев 2. v. coll. громко плакать, рыдать; реветь - blubber out Syn: see weep III adj. толстый, выпячивающийся (о губах) ...Англо-русский словарь
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(blubbers, blubbering, blubbered) 1. Blubber is the fat of whales, seals, and similar sea animals. The baby whale develops a thick layer of blubber to protect it from the cold sea. N-UNCOUNT 2. If someone blubbers, they cry noisily and in an unattractive way. (INFORMAL) She started to blubber like a child. VERB: V ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 v 1 also blub to cry noisily, especially in a way that annoys people (Stop blubbering, for heaven's sake!) 2 also blubber out to say something while crying noisily ("It's not my fault," she blubbered.) ~2 n the fat of sea animals, especially whales ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1380, blober "a bubble," probably echoic of bubbling water. Original notion of "bubbling, foaming" survives in the figurative meaning "to cry" (c.1400). Meaning "whale fat" first attested 1467. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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