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blub

[ bluhb ]
/ blʌb /
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noun

a swelling of fresh plasterwork.

RELATED WORDS

wail, whimper, bawl, weep, howl, moan, sob, groan, sigh, grieve, mourn, complain, fret, blubber, snivel, lament, whale, swell, whine, fat

Nearby words

  1. bls,
  2. bls.,
  3. blt,
  4. blu-ray,
  5. blu-tack,
  6. blubber,
  7. blubberhead,
  8. blubbering,
  9. blubbery,
  10. blucher

Origin of blub

First recorded in 1550–60; variant of blob
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British Dictionary definitions for blub

blub

/ (blʌb) /

verb blubs, blubbing or blubbed

British a slang word for blubber (def. 1), blubber (def. 2), blubber (def. 3)
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Word Origin and History for blub

blub

n.

"fit of weeping," 1894, imitative. As a verb by 1843. Related: Blubbed; blubbing.

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