blimp
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
- Any large airborne inflatable.
- An obese person.
- A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
- A soundproof cover for a video camera.
- A person considered similar to Colonel Blimp in appearance, thought, or expression, particularly (historical or archaic, derogatory) a reactionary middle-class Englishman during the Interwar Period.
Verb
- To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.
- To fit (a video camera) with a soundproof cover.
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