blober

blober
blober, -ure, -yr
obs. forms of blubber.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • blubber — {{11}}blubber (n.) late 14c., blober a bubble, bubbling water; foaming waves, probably echoic of bubbling water. Original notion of bubbling, foaming survives in the figurative verbal meaning to weep, cry (c.1400). Meaning whale fat first… …   Etymology dictionary

  • blubber — blubber1 [blub′ər] n. [ME blober, a bubble; prob. of echoic orig.: see BLEB] 1. the fat of the whale and other sea mammals, from which an oil is obtained 2. Informal unsightly fat on the human body blubber2 [blub′ər] vi. [ME bloberen, to bubble:… …   English World dictionary

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