blimp

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blimp - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

blimp - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Blimp
      n 1: any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person
           (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
           [syn: Colonel Blimp, Blimp]
      2: a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage
         balloon [syn: blimp, sausage balloon, sausage]

blimp - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "blimp":
     Bourbon, Colonel Blimp, Graf Zeppelin, aerostat, airship, ballonet,
     balloon, bloated aristocrat, captive balloon, diehard, dirigible,
     dirigible balloon, dumpling, fatty, fuddy-duddy, gasbag, 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