blimp
An airship constructed with a nonrigid lifting agent containerAn airship constructed with a nonrigid lifting agent container.
» Have you ever flown in a blimp?
Bist du jemals in einem Blimp geflogen?
Sind Sie schon einmal in einem Blimp gefahren?
Bist du schon mal mit einem Zeppelin geflogen?
Ты когда-нибудь летала на аэростате?
Вам приходилось летать на дирижабле?
Ты когда-нибудь летал на дирижабле?
Вы когда-нибудь летали на дирижабле?
Тебе приходилось летать на дирижабле?
Meaning
5 sensesAn airship constructed with a nonrigid lifting agent container.
Zeppelin, Prallluftschiff, Blimp
мя́гкий дирижа́бльmjáxkij dirižáblʹ, дирижа́бльdirižáblʹ
a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
(broadly)Any large airborne inflatable.
(slang)An obese person.
Fettsack
A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
A soundproof cover for a video camera.
Examples
2 sentencesHave you ever flown in a blimp?
ruТы когда-нибудь летала на аэростате?
deBist du jemals in einem Blimp geflogen?
What a blimp!
ruВот это увалень!
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Origin not entirely certain. However, most historians believe that it is onomatopoeia forOrigin not entirely certain. However, most historians believe that it is onomatopoeia for the sound a blimp makes when thumped. Although there is some disagreement among historians, credit for coining the term is usually given to Lt. A. D. Cunningham of the British Royal Navy in 1915.
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Forms
plural: blimpsSynonyms
7 synonyms- a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon:sausage balloonsausage
- any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low):Colonel Blimp