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- verb Present participle of
blub .
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Examples
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The story begins with a different kind of water-- Jill's hot, humiliating tears, as she sits "blubbing" behind the gym where she has sought refuge from Them, the school bullies.
Archive 2007-01-01 Donna Farley 2007
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The story begins with a different kind of water-- Jill's hot, humiliating tears, as she sits "blubbing" behind the gym where she has sought refuge from Them, the school bullies.
Water and Spirit Donna Farley 2007
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It's all very well to imagine newly single, sad-faced Adele blubbing alone to ballads, but single life is just as much a riot of undignified lonely nights on dancefloors.
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And while on the subject of handkerchiefs, Brodie Ross's Roderigo is the best ever – a hilarious wimp, blubbing into his soggy hankie, insisting on repeated hugs from Iago.
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I need to dunk my head in a bucket to reabsorb the liquids I lost blubbing my face off.
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Morlock is rudely awakened by a stone monster, which he dispatches thanks to blubbing and skills.
Archive 2010-03-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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Oh, and an ending that will have you blubbing into your Cinzano Rosso.
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It's all very well to imagine newly single, sad-faced Adele blubbing alone to ballads, but single life is just as much a riot of undignified lonely nights on dancefloors.
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It makes you wonder if Ascot is ready for the sight of a 65-year-old man in a morning suit, blubbing like a lovesick teenager in front of the Queen.
Richard Hannon weeps tears of joy after Paco Boy's Lockinge romp Greg Wood at Newbury 2010
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The actor, 41, on Bob Dylan, blubbing and playing to small audiences
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