blimpish

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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.]

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Adj.

blimpish - pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic

conservative - resistant to change

Translations

blimpish [ˈblɪmpɪʃ] ADJ (Brit) → reaccionario

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