as in to cry
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the little girl was blubbing so uncontrollably that we couldn't understand what she was saying
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Recent Examples of blub
Bridget Jones blubbing into her ice cream, obsessing over pounds gained and cigarettes smoked?
Beach book.
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Jennifer Weiner, EW.com, 17 June 2019
Jennifer Weiner, EW.com, 17 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blub
Verb
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As predicted, most attempts ended in failure, with one participant even making the baby cry.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Izzie wasn't the only one crying along with the fans.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Further footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows a sobbing LaPlaca in a holding cell consenting to a breathalyzer test, but demanding at the same time that an officer call the township's Chief of Police Anthony Nippins.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor.—
Philip Holsinger,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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In one photograph, Basora-Gonzalez is shown handcuffed and weeping in a public parking lot.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
28 Mar. 2025
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For the first time in 48 seasons of Survivor, Jeff Probst wept some tears about the connection that was happening on the beach.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Blub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blub. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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