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I blub all the time, in the most weird situations - not in the ones that should make me cry. Music makes me very emotional.
Toby Stephens

Meaning of "blub" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLUB

blub  [blʌb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLUB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blub is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb blub in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BLUB

PRESENT

Present
I blub
you blub
he/she/it blubs
we blub
you blub
they blub
Present continuous
I am blubbing
you are blubbing
he/she/it is blubbing
we are blubbing
you are blubbing
they are blubbing
Present perfect
I have blubbed
you have blubbed
he/she/it has blubbed
we have blubbed
you have blubbed
they have blubbed
Present perfect continuous
I have been blubbing
you have been blubbing
he/she/it has been blubbing
we have been blubbing
you have been blubbing
they have been blubbing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I blubbed
you blubbed
he/she/it blubbed
we blubbed
you blubbed
they blubbed
Past continuous
I was blubbing
you were blubbing
he/she/it was blubbing
we were blubbing
you were blubbing
they were blubbing
Past perfect
I had blubbed
you had blubbed
he/she/it had blubbed
we had blubbed
you had blubbed
they had blubbed
Past perfect continuous
I had been blubbing
you had been blubbing
he/she/it had been blubbing
we had been blubbing
you had been blubbing
they had been blubbing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will blub
you will blub
he/she/it will blub
we will blub
you will blub
they will blub
Future continuous
I will be blubbing
you will be blubbing
he/she/it will be blubbing
we will be blubbing
you will be blubbing
they will be blubbing
Future perfect
I will have blubbed
you will have blubbed
he/she/it will have blubbed
we will have blubbed
you will have blubbed
they will have blubbed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been blubbing
you will have been blubbing
he/she/it will have been blubbing
we will have been blubbing
you will have been blubbing
they will have been blubbing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would blub
you would blub
he/she/it would blub
we would blub
you would blub
they would blub
Conditional continuous
I would be blubbing
you would be blubbing
he/she/it would be blubbing
we would be blubbing
you would be blubbing
they would be blubbing
Conditional perfect
I would have blub
you would have blub
he/she/it would have blub
we would have blub
you would have blub
they would have blub
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been blubbing
you would have been blubbing
he/she/it would have been blubbing
we would have been blubbing
you would have been blubbing
they would have been blubbing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you blub
we let´s blub
you blub
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to blub
Past participle
blubbed
Present Participle
blubbing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLUB


club
klʌb
clubs
klʌb
flub
flʌb
interclub
ɪntəˈklʌb
nightclub
ˈnaɪtˌklʌb
schlub
ʃlʌb
slub
slʌb
superclub
ˈsuːpərˌklʌb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLUB

blubbed
blubber
blubberer
blubberier
blubberiest
blubbery
blubbing
blucher
bludge
bludgeon
bludgeoner
bludger
blue
Blue Angel
blue asbestos
blue baby
blue bag
blue beret
blue billy

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLUB

book club
breakfast club
comedy club
country club
fan club
Four-H club
golf club
health club
in the club
jazz club
Jockey Club
Lions Club
on the club
Paris Club
Rotary Club
social club
strip club
supper club
yacht club
youth club

Synonyms and antonyms of blub in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blub» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLUB

Find out the translation of blub to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blub from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blub» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

泡壳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

blub
570 millions of speakers

English

blub
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Blub
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

BLUB
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

BLUB
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

blub
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

blub
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

blub
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Blub
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blub
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

泣きじゃくる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

BluB 효소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blub
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

blub
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

blub
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंधुक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

blub
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

blub
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

blub
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

BLUB
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

blub
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

blub
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Blub
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blub
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blub
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blub

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUB»

The term «blub» is regularly used and occupies the 79.435 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUB» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blub» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blub» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blub

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QUOTES WITH «BLUB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blub.
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Toby Stephens
I blub all the time, in the most weird situations - not in the ones that should make me cry. Music makes me very emotional.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLUB»

Discover the use of blub in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blub and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics
The percentage of terms that a non-professional reader could understand has fallen steadily in economic journals since the 1920s. It might be called the "blub- blub" effect, the "blub-blubs" being the words that only people socialized within the ...
Donald N. McCloskey, Deirdre N. McCloskey, 1994
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New Directions in Economic Methodology
(Nicholas 1982: 86) To most of hisreadershe might aswell have writtenaitis assumed that the blub-blub is a blub maximizer, blub-blub blub-blub-blub and blub inperfectly blub and blub blub. Given these limiting assumptions, the blub blub blub ...
Roger E. Backhouse, 2012
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The Rhetoric of Economics
... of distribution equates marginal products to factor rewards. It follows by Euler 's theorem . . . ," etc., etc. (Nicholas 1982, p. 86). To most of his readers he might as well have written "it is assumed that the blub-blub is a blub maximizer, blub ...
Deirdre N. McCloskey, 1998
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Leadership Unplugged
Augusto Boal1 To most of his readers he might as well have written 'it is assumed that the blub-blub is a blub maximizer, blub-blub blub-blub-blub and blub in perfectly blub and blub-blub. Given these limiting assumptions, the blub blub blub ...
Jacqueline Moore, Steven Sonsino, 2003
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If You're So Smart: The Narrative of Economic Expertise
... he might as well have written "it is assumed that the blub-blub is a blub maximizer, blub-blub blub-blub-blub and blub in perfectly blub and blub blub. Given these limiting assumptions, the blub blub blub blub blub blub. It follows by blub blub.
Deirdre N. McCloskey, 1990
6
Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
Programmers get very attached to their favorite languages, and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, so to explain this point I'm going to use a hypothetical language called Blub. Blub falls right in the middle of the abstractness continuum.
Paul Graham, 2008
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Discrete Mathematics for New Technology, Second Edition
There are two possibilities: the other blub of 62 is either Bi or Bi, or it is different from Bi and 82. In the first case, there are still two blubs not lying on a glug. In the second case, there is another blub B4 lying on Gi which still leaves one blub ...
Rowan Garnier, John Taylor, 2001
8
Eat What You Want And Die Like A Man: The World's ...
People have been baptized in them. REB'M JONES: Billy, do you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior? BILLY: [standing in Supersize McDonald's Coke] Why, yes I do, Reb'm [dunk] blub blub blub choke... REB'M JONES: Do you renounce ...
Steve H. Graham, 2004
9
Crazy and Creative Bible Stories for Preteens
(With rhythm, say "Blub, blub" in a low voice and "Caw, caw" in a high voice) " Blub, blub . . . Caw, caw . . . Blub, blub . . . Caw! / Blub, blub . . . Caw, caw . . . Blub , blub . . . Caw!" (Repeat until Narrator stops you) (Previous Persons join as before.
Steven James, 2005
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Discrete Mathematics: Proofs, Structures and Applications, ...
There are two possibilities: the other blub of G2 is either B1 or B2, or it is different from B1 and B2. In the first case, there are still two blubs not lying on a glug. In the second case, there is another blub B4 lying on G2 which still leaves one blub  ...
Rowan Garnier, John Taylor, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLUB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blub is used in the context of the following news items.
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Walking workers
“We were pretty tired but elated when we finished and I think more than one of us had a bit of a blub.” The proceeds went to Sense, which ... «Henley Standard, Jul 15»
2
Big day sees Aithsvoe Marina building officially opened
“You didn't you would get away without Jeemie Blub saying something”, said former Sandwick councillor Jeemie Smith, before warmly thanking ... «Shetland Times Online, Jul 15»
3
DENISE FEDOROW: Treating the grandchildren to a few …
While he didn't remember how I would do the “blub, blub, bluuuuub” from his favorite Pout Pout Fish book, he caught on pretty quickly and ... «Goshen News, Jul 15»
4
Comment: Dove's tear-jerker ad engages with hard to reach male …
But there's more to it than simply making all of us emotionally repressed guys blub like the imminent offspring of the men in the ad. It is giving ... «Retail Week, Jul 15»
5
How to photograph fireworks: It's a lot easier than you might think!
Instead of choosing a shutter speed, set the camera to (B) Blub which allows you to keep the shutter open as long as you want. Expose for the ... «imaging resource, Jul 15»
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Patrick Logue: The Renault 4 was more than a car to me
Don't make me blub · 'Jean Byrne is donning her Sisters of Mercy concert-going garb. A nation Would you whisht till we hear the weather ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
7
Infamous Dessert: Cherpumple Meets Fourth of July
Cher=cherry, blub=blueberry, le=apple. Cherbluble! Say it three times fast. Some white cake and red and blue food coloring make the non-pie ... «NBC Southern California, Jun 15»
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Glastonbury 2015: what to look forward to on Sunday
Ben Gibbard's band share their lovelorn indie-pop on the John Peel stage. You might just blub. Ben Gibbard: 'We've got a superhero in Seattle. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Summer concert features a lullaby that won't induce sleep
Seeing the light blub go on when they learn to play and read music, those are moments I enjoy.” He previously taught at Clovis High. «Hanford Sentinel, Jun 15»
10
Hands On: Lutron Homekit-Compatible Caseta Wireless Smart …
In my case, one of the lamps had a non-dimmable compact fluorescent blub so that one just turned on or off. Next I added the Pico remotes. «CEPro, Jun 15»

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