blubbing
/ˈblʌbɪŋ/
blubbing is the present participle and gerund of blub.
Meaning of blub
Verb
blub (third-person singular simple present blubs, present participle blubbing, simple past and past participle blubbed)
- To cry, whine or blubber (usually carries a connotation of disapproval).
- The grotesquely ornamented goats, crazed by the Hamelin piping, stampeded toward him. They piled up, shoving one another from the causeway, screaming with almost human agony as the black mud and the quicksand caught them, screaming till their shrieks blubbed into silence.1935 November, Arthur Leo Zagat, chapter IV, in Dime Mystery Magazine
- To swell; to puff out, as with weeping.
Noun
blubbing (countable and uncountable, plural blubbings)
- Crying; whining; blubbering.
- Herbie had taken out a handkerchief and blown his nose loudly, muttering something about "Foolish. Blubbings. Foolish. Unmanly, the blubbings."1989, John Gardner, The Secret Families
Forms of blubbing
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Words that rhyme with blubbing
Questions about blubbing
- What does blubbing mean?
- Blubbing means crying; whining; blubbering.
- What is blubbing the present participle and gerund of?
- Blubbing is the present participle and gerund of blub.
- What part of speech is blubbing?
- Blubbing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce blubbing?
- Blubbing is pronounced /ˈblʌbɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of blubbing?
- The plural of blubbing is blubbings.
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