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blimp

/blɪmp/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
  2. (by extension) Any large airborne inflatable.
  3. An obese person.
  4. A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
  5. To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

colonel blimp(English)sausage(English)sausage balloon(English)dirigible(English)airship(English)balloon(English)ship(English)1(English)goodyear(English)hangar(English)unmanned(English)gondola(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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