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Meaning of BLIMP

Pronunciation:  blimp

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
  2. [n]  (British) any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
 
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 Synonyms: Colonel Blimp, sausage, sausage balloon
 
 See Also: airship, dirigible, extreme right-winger, reactionary, ultraconservative

 

 

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 Related Terms: aerostat, airship, ballonet, balloon, bloated aristocrat, Bourbon, captive balloon, Colonel Blimp, diehard, dirigible, dirigible balloon, dumpling, fatty, fuddy-duddy, gasbag, Graf Zeppelin, heavy, heavyweight, hippo, lighter-than-air craft, lump, pilot balloon, potbelly, reactionarist, reactionist, rigid airship, roly-poly, royalist, sausage, semirigid airship, ship, stuffed shirt, swagbelly, tub, tub of lard, tun, ultraconservative, weather balloon, white, zeppelin
 

 

 

 

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