blimp (noun)

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• blimp — [ blımp ] noun count a type of AIRSHIP …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• blimp — ► NOUN informal 1) (also Colonel Blimp) Brit. a pompous, reactionary person. 2) a small airship or barrage balloon. 3) N. Amer. an obese person. DERIVATIVES blimpish adjective. ORIGIN sense 1 derives from a character invented by the cartoonist …   English terms dictionary

• blimp — I. /blɪmp/ (say blimp) noun 1. a small, nonrigid airship, used for military surveillance, scientific applications, the display of advertising and the filming of sporting events. 2. a soundproof cover enclosing a movie camera to obliterate the… …  

• blimp — noun (C) 1 a small airship (=type of aircraft without wings) 2 Blimp a colonel blimp …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• blimp — noun Etymology: imitative; perhaps from the sound made by striking the gas bag with the thumb Date: 1916 1. an airship that maintains its form by pressure from contained gas 2. capitalized Colonel Blimp …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• blimp — noun informal 1》 (also Colonel Blimp) Brit. a pompous, reactionary person. 2》 a small airship or barrage balloon. 3》 N. Amer. an obese person. 4》 a soundproof cover for a film camera. Derivatives blimpish adjective Origin First World War (in… …   English new terms dictionary

• Blimp — noun A military middle class Englishman intolerant of others’ ideas. One was the military and imperialist middle class, generally nicknamed the Blimps, and the other the left wing intelligentsia …   Wiktionary

• Blimp — noun (C) someone, especially an old man, with very old fashioned political ideas Blimpish adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• blimp — Noun. A red hot fragment of cannabis that will occasionally fall from alight joints , causing small burns to skin, clothing and furnishings. E.g. You could tell he was a heavy smoker, cos he had little holes all over his t shirt from blimps …   English slang and colloquialisms

• blimp — 1. noun /blɪmp/ An airship constructed with a non rigid lifting agent container. The Goodyear blimp over Giants Stadium Syn: barrage balloon, Gossage 2. verb /blɪmp/ To …   Wiktionary

• blimp — UK [blɪmp] / US noun [countable] Word forms blimp : singular blimp plural blimps a type of airship See: Colonel Blimp …   English dictionary