Blubbering

Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
excess body fat.
an act of weeping noisily and without restraint.
to weep noisily and without restraint:
Stop blubbering and tell me what’s wrong.
to say, especially incoherently, while weeping:
The child seemed to be blubbering something about a lost ring.
to contort or disfigure (the features) with weeping.
disfigured with blubbering; blubbery:
She dried her blubber eyes.
fatty; swollen; puffed out (usually used in combination):
thick, blubber lips; blubber-faced.
Contemporary Examples

Crying Oscar Nominees: Robert De Niro, Hugh Jackman & More (VIDEO) Kevin Fallon February 5, 2013

Historical Examples

A Dream of the North Sea James Runciman
A Warwickshire Lad George Madden Martin
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 417, July, 1850 Various
The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine
Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) John McElroy
The Adventurer Cyril M. Kornbluth
Blackbeard: Buccaneer Ralph D. Paine
Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini
The Rainbow D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

verb
to sob without restraint
to utter while sobbing
(transitive) to make (the face) wet and swollen or disfigured by crying
noun
a thick insulating layer of fatty tissue below the skin of aquatic mammals such as the whale: used by man as a source of oil
(informal) excessive and flabby body fat
the act or an instance of weeping without restraint
(Austral) an informal name for jellyfish
adjective
(often in combination) swollen or fleshy: blubber-faced, blubber-lips
n.
v.
blubber
(blŭb’ər)
The thick layer of fat between the skin and the muscle layers of whales and other marine mammals. It insulates the animal from heat loss and serves as a food reserve.