Meaning of Blimp | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
   humorous
2. An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
3. Any large airborne inflatable.
   broadly
4. An obese person.
   slang
5. A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
6. A soundproof cover for a video camera.

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Examples

“2004 February 16&23, The New Yorker”

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

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

“One was the military and imperialist middle class, generally nicknamed the Blimps, and the other the left-wing intelligentsia.”

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