blubber

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To sob noisily. See Synonyms at cry.
2. v. To utter while crying and sobbing.
3. v. To make wet and swollen by weeping.
4. n. A loud sobbing.
5. n. The thick layer of fat between the skin and the muscle layers of whales and other marine mammals, from which an oil is obtained.
6. n. Excessive body fat.
7. n. A large sea nettle or medusa.
8. adj. Swollen and protruding: blubber cheeks.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To weep, especially in such a manner as to swell the cheeks or disfigure the face; burst into a fit of weeping: used chiefly in sarcasm or ridicule.
2. To bubble; foam.
3. To disfigure with weeping.
4. n. A bubble.
5. n. The fat of whales and other cetaceans, from which train-oil is obtained. The blubber lies under the skin and over the muscles. The whole quantity yielded by a large whale ordinarily amounts to 40 or 50 hundredweight, but sometimes to 80 or more.
6. n. A gelatinous substance; hence, an acaleph or sea-nettle; a medusa.
7. n. [⟨ blubber, v.] The act or state of blubbering: as, to be in a blubber.
8. n. One who blubs.

Wiktionary

1. n. A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis.
2. n. Fatty tissue.
3. n. The thick coat of fat worn by many arctic animals, such as sea lions, and antarctic animals, such as penguins; used to insulate warmth in the animal's body.
4. v. To make noises or broken words while crying.
5. v. archaic To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A bubble.
2. n. The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.
3. n. (Zoöl.) A large sea nettle or medusa.
4. v. To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner.
5. v. To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
6. v. To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil
2. n. excess bodily weight
3. v. utter while crying
4. v. cry or whine with snuffling