blimp — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An airship constructed with a nonrigid lifting agent container.

   Synonyms

   barrage balloonGossagenonrigid

   Broader terms

   airshipdirigible

   Examples

   2004 February 16&23, The New Yorker

2. Any large airborne inflatable.

   Usage

   • broadly

   Examples

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

3. An obese person.

   Usage

   • Slang

4. A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.

5. A soundproof cover for a video camera.

   Synonyms

   barney

   Examples

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

Verb

1. To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.

   Usage

   • Intransitive
   • Slang

   Synonyms

   blimp outblimp up

   Examples

   After college, she started blimping and could no longer wear her favorite little black dress.

   Over a few years the software had blimped into typical bloatware.

2. To fit (a video camera) with a soundproof cover.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Noun

1. a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon

   Synonyms

   sausage balloonsausage

   Broader terms

   airshipdirigible