blubbery
Americanadjective
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of, containing, or like blubber; fat
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weeping or with the face disfigured by weeping
Etymology
Origin of blubbery
Example Sentences
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Of bringing his three now-grown daughters when they were children, laughing as they peeked through the sea lion viewing holes and barked like the blubbery creatures.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025
This week, sea lion counters — yes, they exist — tallied 2,000 of the whiskered, blubbery creatures in the water alongside Pier 39 on the city’s northern edge.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
For the next hour, you are in for some blubbery bites.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2021
The Humpty Dance became an MTV staple thanks, in part, to the character of Humpty - voiced by Jacobs as a flamboyant, pimp-like character with a blubbery, stuttering voice.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2021
I throw the jawbreaker into the fake soil of a fake tropical plant by the window and turn my blubbery self to Sausun.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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