Blimp

Blimp (bl

mp)

n. Chiefly British

A pompous, reactionary, ultranationalistic person.

[After Colonel Blimp, a cartoon character invented by David Low (1891-1963).]

Blimpish adj.

blimp (bl

mp)

1. A nonrigid, buoyant airship.

2. Slang An obese person.

intr.v.

Slang To become very fat. Often used with out: He's really blimped out since he got that desk job.

[Perhaps from limp.]

blimp¹

1. (Engineering / Aeronautics) a small nonrigid airship, esp one used for observation or as a barrage balloon

2. (Performing Arts) Films a soundproof cover fixed over a camera during shooting See also blimp out

[probably from (type) B-limp]

blimp²

(Military) (often capital) Chiefly Brit a person, esp a military officer, who is stupidly complacent and reactionary Also called Colonel Blimp

[after a character created by Sir David Low (1891-1963), New Zealand-born British political cartoonist]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	Blimp - any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low) Colonel Blimp Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom extreme right-winger, reactionary, ultraconservative - an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
	2.	blimp - a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon sausage balloon, sausage airship, dirigible - a steerable self-propelled aircraft

Translations

blimp [blɪmp] N

1. (esp US) (= airship) → zepelín m, dirigible m

2. (Brit) (= person) → reaccionario/a m/f, militarista mf, patriotero/a m/f
a (Colonel) Blimp → un carpetovetónico

blimp

(Brit inf) (Colonel) Blimp → Stockkonservative(r) m, → alter Oberst (inf)

(Aviat) → Kleinluftschiff nt

(Film) → Blimp m, → Schallschutzgehäuse nt

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The idea for an Avicta Complete Cotton blimp was born out of these adverse circumstances, but upon planning, it seemed as though just the blimp floating across the Cotton Belt was not going to achieve the desired communication objections.

Soaring high above the South by Richards, Julie / Agri Marketing

NUCLEAR-POWERED BLIMP--America's first nuclear-powered aircraft could very well be a huge blimp, about three rimes the size of those now being used by the U.

Science past: from the issue of MAY 23, 1959 by Science News

But the high point — pun intended — of his blimp career is flying over football games at his alma mater, Auburn University.

Blimp Pilot Usually Gets Best Seats, But Not Sunday by Rob Shaw / Tampa Tribune & WFLA

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