Definitions for blimpblɪmp
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
blimpblɪmp(n.)
a nonrigid airship.
Category: Aeronautics
Origin of blimp:
1915–20; of uncert. orig.
Princeton's WordNet
Colonel Blimp, Blimp(noun)
any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
blimp, sausage balloon, sausage(noun)
a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
Wiktionary
blimp(Noun)
An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
blimp(Noun)
An obese person.
blimp(Noun)
A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
blimp(Verb)
To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.
After college, she started blimping and could no longer wear her favorite little black dress.
Blimp(Noun)
A military middle class Englishman intolerant of othersu2019 ideas.
Origin: Origin not entirely certain, however most historians believe that it is onomatopoeia for the sound a blimp makes when thumped.
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