blubbery
Americanadjective
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of, containing, or like blubber; fat
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weeping or with the face disfigured by weeping
Etymology
Origin of blubbery
Example Sentences
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The blubbery horde on Pier 39, she said, probably will clear out by early June, when “the call of the breeding season will call them away.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024
The Humpty Dance became an MTV staple thanks, in part, to the character of Humpty - voiced by Jacobs as a flamboyant, pimp-like character with a blubbery, stuttering voice.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2021
They often stake out seal breathing holes in the ice, waiting hours for a blubbery meal to break the surface.
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2020
They found that bowheads — the bigger, more blubbery cousins of the better known humpbacks — are more prolific and downright jazzier than other whales.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2018
So that evening I played the middle section until my lips were blubbery.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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