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Meanings of blub in English

Catalan
ploriquejar
Spanish
lloriquear

Cry or whine with snuffling.

ploriquejar
Usage of blub in English
1
Ten years ago, who would have thought of an electric light blub?
Time After Time
2
Muriel would be sure to blub; Chuck had seen her that morning.
Phyllis: A Twin
3
He hoped that, whatever happened, he wouldn't blub or do anything ridiculous.
The magician's nephew
4
Stiff upper lips have become quivering lower lips, ready to blub.
The Irish Times
5
Genevieve clutched at Louise's arm, trying hard not to blub.
The Naked God
6
The end of this one always makes me blub…
The Irish Times
7
He and his sister blub as they watch footage of their late father 10 years ago.
The Irish Times
8
And the sight of her was too much for James, the footman, who began to blub.
English Fairy Tales
9
Then a few unintelligible words intermixed with blub!
Defenders of Democracy / Contributions from representative men a...
10
What are the readers of the Observer going to want? They want you to blub, I say.
The Guardian
11
She hoped he couldn't see how red her eyes were from the big blub in the summerhouse.
East of the sun
12
For goodness' sake don't begin to blub!
A Patriotic Schoolgirl
13
In blub, gurgle slub dub glub.
The ginger man
14
He had begun to blub.
Eyeless in Gaza
15
The last book that made me cry Quite a few books have depressed me, but none actually got me to blub.
The Guardian
16
I quite like crying, but don't now do much of it in daily life and hardly ever blub in the stalls.
The Guardian
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Translations for blub
Blub through the time