Meaning
5 senses(transitive)Often followed by out: to cry out (words) while sobbing.
(derogatory, intransitive)To cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob.
рыдатьrydatʹ
ревітиrevity, ридатиrydaty
(also, archaic, figuratively, transitive)To wet (one's eyes or face) by crying; to beweep; also, to cause (one's face) to disfigure or swell through crying.
опухатьopuxatʹ
(obsolete, transitive)Often followed by forth: to let (one's tears) flow freely.
(intransitive, obsolete)To bubble or bubble up; also, to make a bubbling sound like water boiling.
- utter while crying
- cry or whine with snuffling
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
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
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.
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Forms
blubbers, blubbering, blubbered, blubberedSynonyms
15 synonyms- utter while crying:blubber out
- cry or whine with snuffling:snivelsniffleblubsnuffle
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle