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Whine while snuffling
Answer for the clue "Whine while snuffling ", 4 letters:
blub
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Word definitions for blub in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" [syn: snivel , sniffle , blubber , snuffle ] [also: blubbing , blubbed ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blub \Blub\, v. t. & i. [Cf. Bleb , Blob .] To swell; to puff out, as with weeping. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To cry, whine or blubber
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"fit of weeping," 1894, imitative. As a verb by 1843. Related: Blubbed ; blubbing .
Usage examples of blub.
At the Royal Canal bridge, from his hoarding, Mr Eugene Stratton, his blub lips agrin, bade all comers welcome to Pembroke township.
Like to see them sitting round in a ring with blub lips, entranced, listening.
And when I looked at her across the room listening so intently and looking so much her real self, honestly, I found myself blubbing in a most unsuitable way because of course I'm supposed to be the strong one.
Or could it be that he was a psycho, and he would pull your head off with his bare hands, blubbing all the time?
Now you just stop this stupid blubbing and get right back in there and see to him.
He now started blubbing like a baby, sobbing his heart out, and swearing his undying gratitude to Trinket.
And the Riviera went into it with the excellent sound of blubs, by God.
One or two of you have also blubbed when you were fifteen or sixteen, I've no doubt.