Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The thick layer of fat between the skin and the muscle layers of whales and other marine mammals, from which an oil is obtained.
- noun Excessive body fat.
- noun Any of various large jellyfishes.
- adjective Swollen and protruding.
- intransitive verb To sob noisily. synonym: cry.
- intransitive verb To utter while crying and sobbing.
- intransitive verb To make wet and swollen by weeping.
- noun A loud sobbing.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English bluber, foam.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English bluberen, to bubble, from bluber, foam.]
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