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blimp

1

[blimp]

noun

  1. a small, nonrigid airship or dirigible, especially one used chiefly for observation.

  2. Slang.a fat person.



verb phrase

  1. Slangto eat too much.

Blimp

2

[blimp]

(sometimes lowercase)
  1. Colonel Blimp.

blimp

1

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a small nonrigid airship, esp one used for observation or as a barrage balloon

  2. films a soundproof cover fixed over a camera during shooting

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

blimp

2

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. Also called: Colonel Blimp.(often capital) a person, esp a military officer, who is stupidly complacent and reactionary

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ 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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51Թ 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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If my heart were a blimp, his unsolicited advice was a needle.

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It’s the same old story: Boy finds girl, boy forgets girl, girl dies in a tragic blimp accident — and 37 years later, there’s a sequel that no one asked for but I’m dying to see.

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A miniature Goodyear blimp hangs from a steel beam.

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Trump and Musk are grandiose, self-inflating blimps fueled by massive narcissism and perceived self-interest.

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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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