BLIMP


Meaning of BLIMP in English

/ blɪmp; NAmE / noun

1.

( especially NAmE ) a small airship (= an aircraft without wings)

2.

(also ˌColonel ˈBlimp ) ( old-fashioned , BrE , disapproving ) an older person, especially an old army officer, with very old-fashioned political opinions

►  blimp·ish adjective

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WORD ORIGIN

First World War (in sense 1): of uncertain origin. Sense 2 derives from the character invented by cartoonist David Low, used in anti-German or anti-government drawings before and during the Second World War.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.