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# blub

«blub» in Mova's school dictionary: **To cry noisily, often in a way that seems babyish** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (blub, blubs, blubbed, blubbing), informal

### meaning for a pupil

(UK, informal) To cry noisily, often in a way that seems babyish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blub/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in British school stories and everyday speech, often a bit unkindly: «stop blubbing». It is a short form of «blubber». In stories it can show a character teasing someone.

### examples

- He started to blub when his ice cream fell on the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blub/#x1)
- Stop blubbing and tell me what happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blub/#x2)
- I nearly blubbed at the end of the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blub/#x3)
- The little boy was blubbing because he lost his teddy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blub/#x4)
- Don't blub – it's only a scratch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blub/#x5)

### note

Informal and a bit mean; better say «cry». Double «b» in blubbed, blubbing. Related: blubber (to cry; also the fat of whales).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blub» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blub/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.