Meaning

noun an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil

noun excess bodily weight

verb cry or whine with snuffling

originThe verb is derived from Late Middle English bloberen, bluberen (“to bubble, seethe”); and the noun from Late Middle English blober, bluber (“bubble; bubbling water; foaming waves; fish or whale oil; entrails, intestines; (medicine) pustule”), both probably onomatopoeic, representing the movement or sound of a bubbling liquid, or the movement of lips forming bubbles (compare bleb and blob,…

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