blubber

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
blubber1

▶noun the fat of sea mammals, especially whales and seals.

– derivatives
blubbery adjective.

– origin ME (denoting the foaming of the sea): perh. symbolic; cf. blob and blotch.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
blubber2

▶verb informal cry noisily and uncontrollably; sob.

– derivatives
blubberer noun.

– origin ME: prob. symbolic; cf. blob and blubber1.

'blubber' also found in these Oxford entries:

blob - blub - muktuk - scarf - speck - train oil - whale oil

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