'Blimp' definitions:
Definition of 'Blimp'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low) [syn: Colonel Blimp, Blimp]
noun
A small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon [syn: blimp, sausage balloon, sausage]
Definition of 'Blimp'
From: GCIDE
- Blimp \Blimp\ n. [from Colonel Blimp, a fictional character] any elderly pompous reactionary.
- Syn: Colonel Blimp. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon.
- Syn: sausage balloon, sausage. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'blimp'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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