COLONEL BLIMP

Meaning of COLONEL BLIMP in English

an elderly, pompous British reactionary, esp. an army officer or government official.

[ after a character appearing in cartoons by David Low ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

COLONEL BLIMP — noun Etymology: ~, cartoon character created by David Low Date: 1937 a pompous person with out-of-date or ultraconservative views, ~ism …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COLONEL BLIMP — noun Usage: capitalized C&B Etymology: after Colonel Blimp, a cartoon character created by David Low b 1891 British cartoonist : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLONEL BLIMP — noun Etymology: Colonel Blimp, cartoon character created by David Low Date: 1937 : a pompous person with out-of-date or ultraconservative …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COLONEL BLIMP — Pronunciation: - ' blimp Function: noun Etymology: Colonel Blimp, cartoon character created by David Low Date: 1937 : a pompous …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COLONEL BLIMP — [Colonel Blimp] n [Colonel Blimp, cartoon character created by David Low] (1937): a pompous person with out-of-date or ultraconservative views; …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLONEL BLIMP — noun = blimp For more information see the Cultural Guide
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLONEL BLIMP — Function: noun 1 Synonyms: STUFFED SHIRT , Blimp, fuddy-duddy 2 Synonyms: REACTIONARY , Blimp, Bourbon, diehard, reactionarist, reactionist, royalist, ultraconservative, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
COLONEL BLIMP — noun 1. Synonyms: stuffed shirt , Blimp, fuddy-duddy 2. Synonyms: reactionary , Blimp, Bourbon, diehard, reactionarist, reactionist, royalist, ultraconservative, white
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
COLONEL BLIMP — ➡ Blimp
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
COLONEL BLIMP — полковник Блимп (олицетворение косности и шовинизма) по имени толстого усатого полковника - комического персонажа карикатур Д.Лоу [David Low], популярных в …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
COLONEL BLIMP — (военное) (жаргон) дирижабль
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLONEL BLIMP — (военное) (жаргон) дирижабль
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLONEL BLIMP — см. blimp
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COLONEL BLIMP — см. blimp
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
COLONEL BLIMP — см. blimp
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COLONEL BLIMP — крайний консерватор
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
COLONEL BLIMP — крайний консерватор
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
COLONEL BLIMP — "полковник Блимп" (олицетворение косности и шовинизма) по имени толстого усатого полковника - комического персонажа карикатур Д.Лоу [David Low], популярных в 30-е …
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
COLONEL BLIMP — (военное) (жаргон) дирижабль
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLONEL BLIMP — (военное) (жаргон) дирижабль
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLONEL — ~ COLONNADE: ~
English interlingue dictionary
COLONEL — koronel
English-Visayan vocabulary
COLONEL — noun Etymology: alteration of coronel, from Middle French, modification of Old Italian colonnello column of soldiers, ~, diminutive of colonna …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLIMP — noun Etymology: imitative; perhaps from the sound made by striking the gas bag with the thumb Date: 1916 an airship …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COLONEL — ˈkərn ə l, ˈkə̄n ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Middle French or Old Italian; Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLIMP — ˈblimp noun ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps from ( type ) B + limp 1. a. : a nonrigid airship …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLONEL — (n.) The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier …
Английский словарь Webster
COLONEL — ( n. ) The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COLONEL — — colonelcy , n. /kerr"nl/ , n. 1. an officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLIMP — /blimp/ , ( sometimes l.c. ) See Colonel Blimp . [ 1930-35 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLIMP — /blimp/ , n. 1. a small, nonrigid airship or dirigible, esp. one used chiefly for observation. 2. Slang. a fat …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLONEL — n. commissioned military officer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COLONEL — noun Etymology: alteration of coronel, from Middle French, modification of Old Italian colonnello column of soldiers, colonel, diminutive of colonna …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLIMP — noun Etymology: imitative; perhaps from the sound made by striking the gas bag with the thumb Date: 1916 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COLONEL — noun the chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier …
Webster English vocab
COLONEL — [ 'kə:n(ə)l ] ■ noun a rank of officer in the army and in the US air force, above a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BLIMP — ■ noun informal 1》 (also Colonel Blimp ) Brit. a pompous, reactionary person. 2》 a small airship or barrage balloon. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COLONEL — [col.o.nel] n [alter. of coronel, fr. MF, modif. of OIt colonnello column of soldiers, colonel, dim. of colonna column, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLIMP — [blimp] n [imit.; perh. fr. the sound made by striking the gas bag with the thumb] (1916) 1: a nonrigid …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLONEL — the highest field-grade officer, ranking just below the general officer grades in most armies or below brigadier in the British …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLIMP — U.S. Navy ZPG-3W airships nonrigid or semirigid airship dependent on internal gas pressure to maintain its form. The origin of …
Britannica English vocabulary
COLONEL — colonel, C~ BrE AmE ˈkɜːn ə l AmE ˈkɝːn ə l (= kernel) ▷ colonel|s z ▶ ˌ Colonel ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BLIMP — blimp, Blimp BrE AmE blɪmp ▷ blimps blɪm p s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COLONEL — / ˈkɜːnl; NAmE ˈkɜːrnl/ noun ( abbr. Col. ) an officer of high rank in the army, the marines , …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLONEL — colo ‧ nel /ˈkɜːnl $ ˈkɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: coronal 'colonel' (16-17 centuries) , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLIMP — blimp /blɪmp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: Perhaps from 'Type B-limp ', official name given to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLIMP — Blimp BrE AmE ( also ˌColonel ˈBlimp ) noun [countable] British English [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: Colonel Blimp , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COLONEL — n. 1 an army officer in command of a regiment, immediately below a brigadier in rank. 2 US an officer …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLIMP — n. 1 (also (Colonel) Blimp) a proponent of reactionary establishment opinions. 2 a a small non-rigid airship. b a barrage …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COLONEL — n. 1 an army officer in command of a regiment, immediately below a brigadier in rank. 2 US an officer …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLIMP — n. 1 (also (Colonel) Blimp) a proponent of reactionary establishment opinions. 2 a a small non-rigid airship. b a barrage …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COLONEL — n.1 an army officer in command of a regiment, immediately below a brigadier in rank. 2 US an officer of …
Oxford English vocab
BLIMP — n.1 (also (Colonel) Blimp) a proponent of reactionary establishment opinions. 2 a a small non-rigid airship. b a barrage balloon. …
Oxford English vocab
COLONEL — ( colonels) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. A colonel is a senior …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLIMP — ( blimps) A blimp is the same as an airship . N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLONEL — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. A ~ is a senior officer …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
COLONEL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES full professor/member/colonel etc ▪ Only full members have the right to vote. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLIMP — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But the Navy did manage to get some mileage out of the blimp , at …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COLONEL — abbreviation Col [noun] [C] - an officer of high rank in the army or air forceColonel (Marcus) FurlongGood morning, Colonel. …
Cambridge English vocab
COLONEL — Synonyms and related words : ADC, CO, OD, aide, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigadier general, captain, chicken colonel, chief of staff, commandant, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLIMP — Synonyms and related words : Bourbon, Colonel Blimp, Graf Zeppelin, aerostat, airship, ballonet, balloon, bloated aristocrat, captive balloon, diehard, dirigible, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLIMP — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: FATTY , butterball, dumpling, ||fatso, ||tub 2 capitalized Synonyms: REACTIONARY , Bourbon, Colonel Blimp, diehard, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BLIMP — noun 1. Synonyms: fatty , butterball, dumpling, ||fatso, ||tub 2. capitalized Synonyms: reactionary , Bourbon, Colonel Blimp, diehard, reactionarist, reactionist, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
COLONEL — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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