Blimp

Blimp  (blmp)

n. Chiefly British

A pompous, reactionary, ultranationalistic person.

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

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Blimpish adj.

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blimp  (blmp)

n.

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.

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[Perhaps from limp.]

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blimp¹

n

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]

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blimp²

n

(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]

Thesaurus

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

n

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

(Aviat) → Kleinluftschiff nt

(Film) → Blimp m, → Schallschutzgehäuse nt