noun
- the fat of whales and other large sea mammals
verb
- to cry noisily and uncontrollably
Usage: informal
Examples
- Whale blubber was once used to make oil for lamps.
- The thick layer of blubber keeps whales warm in cold ocean water.
- Inuit hunters traditionally used every part of the whale, including the blubber.
- The child began to blubber when his ice cream fell on the ground.
- She was blubbering so hard that no one could understand what she was saying.
- Stop blubbering and tell me what happened.
- The movie was so sad that it made him blubber like a baby.