Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of weeping noisily.
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- verb Present participle of
blubber .
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Examples
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He now beheld Lenny rising with some difficulty -- still panting hard -- and with hysterical sounds akin to what is vulgarly called blubbering -- his fine new waistcoat sprinkled with his own blood which flowed from his nose -- nose that seemed to Lenny
The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various
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He thought the fellow that I had described as blubbering over his still-born poems would have been better occupied in earning his living in some honest way or other.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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He thought the fellow that I had described as blubbering over his still-born poems would have been better occupied in earning his living in some honest way or other.
Over the Teacups Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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He now beheld Lenny rising with some difficulty, still panting hard, and with hysterical sounds akin to what is vulgarly called blubbering, his fine new waistcoat sprinkled with his own blood, which flowed from his nose, -- nose that seemed to Lenny
My Novel — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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He now beheld Lenny rising with some difficulty, still panting hard, and with hysterical sounds akin to what is vulgarly called blubbering, his fine new waistcoat sprinkled with his own blood, which flowed from his nose, -- nose that seemed to Lenny Fairfield's feelings to be a nose no more, but a swollen, gigantic, mountainous Slawkenbergian excrescence; in fact, he felt all nose!
My Novel — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Kevin Rudd's family were "blubbering" again in Brisbane on Tuesday night, but this time they were happy tears celebrating the launch of daughter Jessica's first novel.
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Mr Rudd wept as he said he was proud of his achievements - but not of 'blubbering'.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Criticism of the single falls into several areas: the most disastrous, I think, is the attitude that, as one former fan put it, "Yeah, you had an excuse for writing that kind of blubbering stuff five or six years ago."
Expecting Rain 2008
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I wasn't the only one who was kind of blubbering, "he said.
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Eventually, someone in Iowa bought a few items, including a tiny pair of red socks, the sight of which sent me blubbering into my pillows again.
Staceyann Chin: Surviving Halloween, Bedrest, and The Baby Registry Staceyann Chin 2011
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