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   blubber

   /ˈblʌbə/

   noun

   • 1. the fat of sea mammals, especially whales and seals. Similar fatfatty tissue
   • ▪ excessive human fat: "my six-pack is quickly being covered in blubber" Similar fatexcessive weightfatnessplumpnessbulkbeer bellybeer gutpaunchinformal:flabbeef

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person's lips) swollen or protruding. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting the foaming of the sea, also a bubble on water): perhaps symbolic; compare with blob1 and blotch.

   Derivatives

   • 1. blubbery adjective

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