blubbereth

Verb

blubber (third-person singular simple present blubbers, present participle blubbering, simple past and past participle blubbered)

1. (transitive) Often followed by out: to cry out (words) while sobbing.
   • Here Bliſil ſighed bitterly; upon vvhich VVeſtern, vvhoſe Eyes vvere full of Tears at the praiſe of Sophia, blubbered out, 'Don't be Chicken-hearted, for ſhat ha her, d—n me, ſhat ha her, if ſhe vvas tvventy Times as good.'1749, Henry Fielding, “The Arrival of Mr. Western, with Some Matters Concerning the Paternal Authority”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume VI, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book...
2. (also, archaic, figuratively, transitive) To wet (one's eyes or face) by crying; to beweep; also, to cause (one's face) to disfigure or swell through crying.
   • Her ſvvollen eyes vvere much diſfigured, / And her faire face vvith teares vvas fovvly blubbered.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 13, page 190
3. (obsolete, transitive) Often followed by forth: to let (one's tears) flow freely.
   • Looke on this tree, vvhich blubbereth Amber gum / vvhich ſeemes to ſpeak to thee, though it be dumb, / VVhich being ſenceles blocks, as thou do'ſt ſee, / VVeepe at my vvoes, that thou might'ſt pitty mee: […][1595], Michael Drayton, Endimion and Phœbe. Ideas Latmus, London: […] Iames Roberts, for Iohn Busbie, →OCLC, signature C2, verso
4. (derogatory, intransitive) To cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob.
   • What weepe? fye for ſhame, and blubber? for manhods ſake, / Neuer lette your foe ſo muche pleaſure of you take.c. 1552 (date written), Nicholas Udall, [Ralph Roister Doister], [London]: [s.n.], published 1566?; republished as Edward Arber, editor, Roister Doister. […] (English Reprints), London: Muir &...

   Synonyms:

   beweep, burst into tears, cry, cry one's eyes out, greet, shed a tear, shed tears, squirt some, wail, weep

5. (intransitive, obsolete) To bubble or bubble up; also, to make a bubbling sound like water boiling.

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