blimpish

blimp

 (blĭmp)

n.

1. A nonrigid, buoyant airship.

2. Derogatory An obese person.

v.intr. blimped, blimp·ing, blimps

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

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[Possibly imitative of the sound made by tapping the finger against the envelope of the airship.]

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Blimp

 (blĭmp)

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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Blimp′ish adj.

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blimpish

(ˈblɪmpɪʃ)

adj

highly conservative and nationalistic

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blimp•ish

(ˈblɪm pɪʃ)

adj. (sometimes cap.)

pompously reactionary.

[1935–40; (Colonel) Blimp + -ish¹]

blimp′ish•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

blimpish - pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic conservative - resistant to change

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Translations

blimpish

[ˈblɪmpɪʃ] ADJ (Brit) → reaccionario

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