blubber
noun
the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
have been blubbering
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present perfect progressiveof blubber.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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I had to do it," she said, "or I should have been blubbering on your shoulder with my arms about your neck!
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
I should have been blubbering like a schoolboy; and as I had enough of that last night, I mean to stay here till we're out of sight of land.'
From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Elizabeth Hely Walshe
