BLIMP Definition & Meaning

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blimp

[ blimp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a small, nonrigid airship or dirigible, especially one used chiefly for observation.
Slang. a fat person.

verb phrase

Slang. to eat too much.

Blimp

[ blimp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

(sometimes lowercase)

Colonel Blimp.

blimp

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noun

a small nonrigid airship, esp one used for observation or as a barrage balloon
films a soundproof cover fixed over a camera during shooting

blimp

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noun

often capital a person, esp a military officer, who is stupidly complacent and reactionary Also calledColonel Blimp

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of blimp¹

First recorded in 1915–20; of uncertain origin

Origin of blimp²

First recorded in 1930–35

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of blimp¹

C20: probably from ( type ) B-limp

Origin of blimp²

C20: after a character created by Sir David Low (1891–1963), New Zealand-born British political cartoonist

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This is, however, the first attempt I’m aware of that attempts to do the whole thing live in one go, no matter if one of the virtual actors falls to their doom from a blimp.

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Trump and the queen met during the former president's state visit to the United Kingdom in 2018, a trip marred by protests that included a giant blimp depicting him as a baby.

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Brass blimps carried miniature false suns and tiny rain clouds over a maze of plants.

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Past years would have demanded a term lamenting Peak TV's glut, but that blimp is contracting.

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The fire at one of two blimp hangars built in 1942 started Nov. 7 and burned for 24 days.

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