different between yowl vs blubber

English

Etymology

From Middle English yollen, past participle of yellen (“to yell”). More at yell, yollen.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Noun

yowl (plural yowls)

1. A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.

Translations

Verb

yowl (third-person singular simple present yowls, present participle yowling, simple past and past participle yowled)

1. (intransitive) Utter a yowl.
2. (transitive) Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.

Derived terms

• yowler

Translations

Anagrams

• Lowy, owly

English

Alternative forms

• blobber (dated)

Etymology

See blobber, blob, bleb.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bl?b?/
• Rhymes: -?b?(r)

Noun

blubber (countable and uncountable, plural blubbers)

1. A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis.
2. Fatty tissue.

   Synonym: adipose tissue

3. 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. (obsolete) A bubble.

Derived terms

• sea-blubber

Translations

Verb

blubber (third-person singular simple present blubbers, present participle blubbering, simple past and past participle blubbered)

1. To make noises or broken words while crying.
   • 1918, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, The Outside of the House

     They knew that the wall stood and the house was saved, and old Sam was blubbering over old Captain Joe Dickson lying spent almost to death on the veranda
2. (archaic, transitive) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
   • 1718, Matthew Prior, A Better Answer

     Dear Cloe, how blubbered is that pretty face!

   • [S]he hastily retired, taking with her her little girl, whose eyes were all over blubbered at the melancholy news she heard of Jones, who used to call her his little wife, and not only gave her many playthings, but spent whole hours in playing with her himself.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:weep

Derived terms

• beblubber
• blubbery

Translations

Anagrams

• bubbler

German

Pronunciation

Verb

blubber

1. inflection of blubbern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative