Associations to the word «Blimp»

Wiktionary

BLIMP, noun. An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
BLIMP, noun. (slang) An obese person.
BLIMP, noun. A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
BLIMP, verb. (slang) (intransitive) To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.
BLIMP, noun. A military middle class Englishman intolerant of others’ ideas.
BLIMP OUT, verb. (intransitive) (slang) (idiomatic) To become fat or fatter, especially as a result of excessive eating.

Dictionary definition

BLIMP, noun. Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low).
BLIMP, noun. A small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon.

Wise words

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