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blimpy

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

Resembling a blimp; bloated

informal

Examples

“The blimpy costume, roughly humanoid, covered her from the neck to the wrists to the ankles with a plain white muslin fabric (why do we always think⟳ of fat people as pale?) stuffed with something airy, perhaps shredded toilet paper.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

blind blind as a bat blind as a beetle blind as a mole blind as an owl blind drunk

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