BLUBBING

BLUB

snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle

(verb) cry or whine with snuffling; “Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

blubbing

present participle of blub

Noun

blubbing (countable and uncountable, plural blubbings)

Crying; whining; blubbering.

Anagrams

• bubbling

Source: Wiktionary


BLUB

Blub, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. Bleb, Blob.]

Definition: To swell; to puff out, as with weeping. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

6 October 2024

DATELESS

(adjective) of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; “dateless customs”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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