Meaning of BLIMP
Pronunciation: | | blimp
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- [n] a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
- [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 |
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| 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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