Blimp (Noun)
Meaning 1
A small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Synonyms
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Meaning 2
Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The retired colonel was a classic blimp, always going on about the good old days of the empire and how things were better under Queen Victoria.
- His uncle was a bit of a blimp, always complaining about the youth of today and how they were ruining the country.
- The old general was a blimp of the first order, with his outdated views on politics and society.
- After a few too many whiskies, my grandfather would turn into a blimp, ranting about the decline of Western civilization.
- The club was full of blimps, old men who thought the world had gone to pot since the war and that everyone should just go back to the way things were.