blubber

1. 1.

   an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil

   Broaderanimal oil
2. 2.

   excess bodily weight

   “she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others”

   Synonymsfatnessfatavoirdupois

   Broaderbodily property

   Narroweradiposityabdominousnessgreasinessfleshinesssteatopygia

1. 1.

   cry or whine with snuffling

   “Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!”

   Synonymssnivelsniffleblubsnuffle

   Broadercry
2. 2.

   utter while crying

   Synonymsblubber out

   Broadertalk

Other forms of blubber

plural

blubbers·

past tense

blubberred·

present participle

blubberring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blubber

What does blubber mean?

blubber means "an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blubber?

blubber has 2 syllables: blub-ber. The stress falls on "blub". In IPA it is /ˈblʌbɚ/.

What is another word for blubber?

Close synonyms include fatness, fat, avoirdupois, snivel, sniffle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blubber a common word?

blubber is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.