as in to cry
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee
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Recent Examples of blubber
Bowen Yang watched the final cut of Wicked with some of his Saturday Night Live costars — and the movie left them all a blubbering mess.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
And then raised the teacup to my lips to keep from blubbering.
—Alice McDermott, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
Stepping into the impossible shoes of Crispin Glover, Cole’s rubber-limbed George McFly has all the grace of a newborn foal, with a piercing chuckle that borders on blubbering.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
Until Beard plays them a compilation video of their time together, which has everyone blubbering and out of sorts to start the game.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
And then raised the teacup to my lips to keep from blubbering.
—Alice McDermott, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
Stepping into the impossible shoes of Crispin Glover, Cole’s rubber-limbed George McFly has all the grace of a newborn foal, with a piercing chuckle that borders on blubbering.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
Until Beard plays them a compilation video of their time together, which has everyone blubbering and out of sorts to start the game.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blubber
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On March 20, 2006, Tanya cried at work and told Joe that her real name was Tanya Kach, not Nikki Allen and that Hose had been holding her captive.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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Of those, 16 percent admitted weeping over someone eating their last slice, while 13 percent had cried over a pizza delivery order coming in wrong, and 12 percent had cried over their favorite pizza restaurant closing down.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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The trailer opens with a clip of Lizzo sobbing while looking at the camera over the eerie sound of a flute playing.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
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While some of Lively’s complaints to Wayfarer and Sony include accusing Baldoni of sage-purifying Lively’s employees, sobbing over unflattering paparazzi photos of her, and claiming to psychically speak to her dead father (if Nicepool did all that, it would have been considered too over the top).—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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Touching the yarn as it was being spun was like strumming a gently weeping guitar.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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In video footage released by the Israeli government, the women could be seen weeping and hugging their family members.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Blubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubber. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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