blubber
suomi-englanti sanakirjablubber englannista suomeksi
itkeä, parkua, nyyhkiä
vollottaa, ruikuttaa
traani, hylkeenrasva, valaanrasva
ihra, läski
Verbi
blubber englanniksi
''Often followed by'' out: to cry out (words) while sobbing.
(RQ:Fielding Tom Jones)
(senseid) To wet (one's eyes or face) by crying; to beweep; also, to cause (one's face) to disfigure or swell through crying.
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)
(RQ:Donne Works)
(RQ:Prior Poems)
(RQ:Lowell Among My Books)
''Often followed by'' forth: to let (one's tears) flow freely.
(RQ:Drayton Endimion and Phoebe)|footer=A figurative use.
(RQ:John Gay Poems)
(synonyms)
(RQ:Udall Ralph Roister Doister)
(RQ:Jonson Volpone)
(quote-book)|location=London?|publisher=&91;(glossary)&93;|section=section 4|pages=135–136|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_the-life-and-death-of-sr_more-cresacre_1642/page/135/mode/1up|oclc=1086530524|passage=Euen as a mother ſendeth forth her childe to ſchoole vvith fayre vvords and promiſes, that hath ſlept too long in the morning, and therefore feareth the rodde, vvhen he vveepeth and blubbereth ſhe promiſeth him, all vvill be vvell, becauſe it is not ſo late as he imagineth, (..) euen ſo, manie Paſtours of ſoules ſpeake pleaſing things to their ſheepe that are riche and delicate, they promiſe them, vvhen they are dying, and feare hell, that all things ſhall be vvell vvith them, (..)|footer=(small)
(RQ:Smollett Roderick Random)|page=72|passage=VVhen he heard me pronounce theſe vvords in our ovvn language, he leaped upon me in a tranſport of joy, hung about my neck, kiſſed me from ear to ear, and blubbered like a great ſchool-boy vvho has been vvhipt.
(RQ:Scott Woodstock)
(RQ:Melville Moby-Dick)
(RQ:Hughes Tom Brown)
(RQ:Freeman Edgewater People)
(RQ:Roethke Open House)
To bubble or up; also, to make a bubbling sound like water boiling.
(senseid) A fatty layer of tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder (taxfmt)).
(RQ:Melville Moby-Dick) blubber is very thin, some of these whales will yield you upwards of thirty gallons of oil.
(RQ:Roethke Lamb)
(RQ:Economist)
(senseid) A fatty layer of adipose tissue found in other animals which keeps them warm, especially Arctic animals such as lions and Antarctic animals such as penguins.
(quote-book)
A person's fat tissue, usually when regarded as excessive and unsightly.
(quote-journal)
(RQ:Marryat Jacob Faithful)
(RQ:Carlyle Friedrich)
A bubble.
One who (l); a blubberer.
(hypernyms)
(RQ:Carlyle Essays) to school. (..) The purfly, sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible!
(quote-web)’s (w) and (w)’s Christina Trevanion Become The Travelling Auctioneers in Idyllic New BBC One Series|work=BBC|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324103448/https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapack/travelling-auctioneers|year_published=25 October 2022|passage=As an auctioneer, you tend to come into people's lives when they are going through an awful lot, and it is very difficult not to get emotionally involved. You feel responsible for helping them to achieve their goal, and that's quite a weight to carry on your shoulders. I am a blubber at the best of times – it doesn't take a lot to set me off!
Especially of lips: protruding, swollen.
(quote-journal) ſo as to be apprehended, and ſhall give notice to Mr. ''John Uffing'' at the ''Green Dragon'' in ''Biſhopſgate-ſtreet'', ſhall have five pounds revvard.
(RQ:Scott Tales of the Crusaders) with black skin, a head curled like a ram's, a flat nose, and blubber lips—ha, worthy Sir Henry?
mud, or anything of similar consistency and slipperiness
(infl of)
(verb form of)