Blimp

Quick meaning: Blimp is a noun meaning (aviation) An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.

Meaning

(aviation) An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) Any large airborne inflatable.
2. A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
3. (film, television) A soundproof cover for a video camera.
4. (transitive) To fit (a video camera) with a soundproof cover.
5. (slang) An obese person.
6. (slang, intransitive) To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.

Example Sentences

Over a few years the software had blimped into typical bloatware.

a 6 meter high blimp made by a professional inflatables company, to be flown in the skies

After college, she started blimping and could no longer wear her favorite little black dress.

You can create your own blimp or barney with anything that will deaden the camera noise, such as a changing bag, foam rubber, […]

Word Forms

• blimps
• blimping
• blimped

Synonyms for blimp

Depending on context, synonyms include nonrigid, barney, sausage.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sausage, dirigible, airship, balloon, ship, cow.

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