blubber
noun
the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
was blubbering
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past progressiveof blubber.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Darts world champion Deta Hedman said she was "blubbering like a child" after winning the sport's top prize.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
"That moment, being about to be announced as Olympic champions, I was gone. I was blubbering," said Daley.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2021
What a fool he was, blubbering like this!
From Textbooks ● Sep. 1, 2010
“Your brother was trying to tell us that you’d fallen out, but he was blubbering so damned hard we couldn’t understand a word he was saying.”
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Momma was blubbering and smiling and covering her mouth with both hands and ran right up on the porch and nearly broke that Utde old woman in half.
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
