Blimp

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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