blubber
A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and…A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).
» Atuqtuaq eats the seal blubber uncooked.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).
A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).
(uncountable)A fatty layer of adipose tissue found in other animals which keeps them warm, especially Arctic animals such as sea lions and Antarctic animals such as penguins.
Blubber
подко́жный жирpodkóžnyj žir
(derogatory, informal, offensive, uncountable)A person's fat tissue, usually when regarded as excessive and unsightly.
жирžir
(countable, derogatory)An act of crying or weeping freely and noisily.
One who blubs (“cries or weeps freely and noisily”); a blubberer.
A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).
(archaic, broadly, countable)A jellyfish (subphylum Medusozoa).
(countable, obsolete)A bubble.
- an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil
- excess bodily weight
Examples
6 sentencesAtuqtuaq eats the seal blubber uncooked.
Atuqtuaq put the blubber into the wooden box.
Atuqtuaq helps his mother take the blubber from the seal carcass.
These marine mammals, once hunted for their blubber and baleen, now support a thriving whale-watching industry.
Since sea otters lack blubber, they burn calories quickly and eat up to 25 percent of their body weight a day.
Translations
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Origin
The verb is derived from Late Middle English bloberen, bluberen (“to bubble, seethe”); andThe verb is derived from Late Middle English bloberen, bluberen (“to bubble, seethe”); and the noun from Late Middle English blober, bluber (“bubble; bubbling water; foaming waves; fish or whale oil; entrails, intestines; (medicine) pustule”), both probably onomatopoeic, representing the movement or sound of a bubbling liquid, or the movement of lips forming bubbles (compare bleb and blob, thought to be similarly imitative). As both the verb and noun are attested in the 14th century, it is difficult to tell which one developed first; the Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the noun may be derived from the verb.
From blub + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
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Forms
plural: blubbersSynonyms
4 synonyms- excess bodily weight:fatnessfatavoirdupois
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable