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Blimp

(blĭmp)

n. Chiefly British

A pompous, reactionary, ultranationalistic person.

[After Colonel Blimp, a cartoon character invented by David Low (1891-1963).]

Blimp′ish adj.

blimp

(blĭmp)

1. A nonrigid, buoyant airship.

2. Derogatory An obese person.

v.intr. blimped, blimp·ing, blimps

Slang To become very fat. Often used with out: He's really blimped out since he got that desk job.

[Possibly imitative of the sound made by tapping the finger against the envelope of the airship.]

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blimp

(blɪmp)

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

2. (Film) films a soundproof cover fixed over a camera during shooting

[C20: probably from (type) B-limp]

blimp

(blɪmp)

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

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

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blimp

(blɪmp)

n.

a nonrigid airship.

[1915–20; of uncertain orig.]

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Noun	1.	Blimp - any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low) Colonel Blimp Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom extreme right-winger, reactionary, ultraconservative - an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
	2.	blimp - a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon sausage balloon, sausage airship, dirigible - a steerable self-propelled aircraft

Translations

Prallluftschiff

dirigible

blimp

ספינת אוויר

dirigibile flosciosilenziatore

飛行船

blimpopblazen verdikken zeppelin

blimp

blimp

[blɪmp] N

1. (esp US) (= airship) → zepelín m, dirigible m

2. (Brit) (= person) → reaccionario/a m/f, militarista mf, patriotero/a m/f
a (Colonel) Blimp → un carpetovetónico

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blimp

(Brit inf) (Colonel) Blimp → Stockkonservative(r) m, → alter Oberst (inf)

(Aviat) → Kleinluftschiff nt

(Film) → Blimp m, → Schallschutzgehäuse nt

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