Crossword clues for blubber
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blubber \Blub"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blubbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blubbering.] To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner.
She wept, she blubbered, and she tore her hair.
--Swift.
Blubber \Blub"ber\, v. t.
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To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
Dear Cloe, how blubbered is that pretty face!
--Prior. To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out.
Blubber \Blub"ber\, n. [See Blobber, Blob, Bleb.]
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A bubble.
At his mouth a blubber stood of foam.
--Henryson. The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.
(Zo["o]l.) A large sea nettle or medusa.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., blober "a bubble, bubbling water; foaming waves," probably echoic of bubbling water. Original notion of "bubbling, foaming" survives in the figurative verbal meaning "to weep, cry" (c.1400). Meaning "whale fat" first attested 1660s; earlier it was used in reference to jellyfish (c.1600) and of whale oil (mid-15c.). As an adjective from 1660s.
late 14c., "to seethe, bubble," from blubber (n.). Meaning "to cry, to overflow with weeping" is from c.1400. Related: Blubbered; blubbering.\n
Wiktionary
n. 1 A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis. 2 fatty tissue. 3 The thick coat of fat worn by many arctic animals, such as sea lions, and antarctic animals, such as penguins; used to insulate warmth in the animal's body. vb. 1 To make noises or broken words while crying. 2 (context archaic English) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
WordNet
n. an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil
excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others" [syn: fatness, fat, avoirdupois] [ant: leanness]
v. cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" [syn: snivel, sniffle, blub, snuffle]
utter while crying [syn: blubber out]
Wikipedia
Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized adipose tissue found under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds and sirenians.
Blubber is a young adult novel by Judy Blume first published in 1974. The narrator of the story is Jill Brenner, a Pennsylvania fifth-grader who joins her classmates in ostracizing and bullying Linda, an awkward and overweight girl. Linda gives an oral class report about whales and is hence nicknamed " Blubber" by her peers.
Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized fat found under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds and sirenians.
Blubber may also refer to:
- Blubber (novel), a 1974 children's novel by Judy Blume
- Blubber Bear, a fictional character in the television series Wacky Races
Usage examples of "blubber".
Though their blubber is very thin, some of these whales will yield you upwards of thirty gallons of oil.
Zogranda, one of their most famous doctors, recommends strips of blubber for infants, as being exceedingly juicy and nourishing.
Now as the blubber envelopes the whale precisely as the rind does an orange, so is it stripped off from the body precisely as an orange is sometimes stripped by spiralizing it.
Into this hole, the end of the second alternating great tackle is then hooked so as to retain a hold upon the blubber, in order to prepare for what follows.
That blubber is something of the consistence of firm, close-grained beef, but tougher, more elastic and compact, and ranges from eight or ten to twelve and fifteen inches in thickness.
A word or two more concerning this matter of the skin or blubber of the whale.
In some previous place I have described to you how the blubber wraps the body of the whale, as the rind wraps an orange.
With his gaff, the gaffman hooks on to a sheet of blubber, and strives to hold it from slipping, as the ship pitches and lurches about.
In a word, after being tried out, the crisp, shrivelled blubber, now called scraps or fritters, still contains considerable of its unctuous properties.
With huge pronged poles they pitched hissing masses of blubber into the scalding pots, or stirred up the fires beneath, till the snaky flames darted, curling, out of the doors to catch them by the feet.
To hint to such musked mariners of oil, and bone, and blubber, were little short of audacity.
Every one had a piece of raw blubber to eat at once, and the very first piece went to Menie.
But Koolee gave him a large piece of blubber, and that made him feel much more cheerful again.
They had meat and blubber with them and plenty of warm skins, and when they got tired, Kesshoo made a snow house for them to rest in.
Koolee brought out some walrus meat and blubber for supper, though it might just as well be called breakfast, for there was no night coming, and the twins ate theirs sitting on the roof of the igloo with their feet hanging down inside.