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Noun
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blimps, plural;
  1. A small nonrigid airship

  2. An obese person
    • - I could work out four hours a day and still end up a blimp
  3. A pompous, reactionary type of person
    • - no Colonel Blimp could have been more nationalistic
  4. A soundproof cover for a movie camera

  1. Colonel Blimp: any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
  2. a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
  3. A blimp, or non-rigid airship, is an airship without an internal supporting framework or keel. A non-rigid airship differs from a semi-rigid airship and a rigid airship (e.g. ...
  4. The Blimp were a rock band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1998. The group comprised William Rogue (vocals, lead guitar, harmonica), Ray Alexander (Hammond organ), George Berry (vocals, drums, percussion), Gary Craig (bass guitar) and JD Allan (vocals, rhythm guitar). ...
  5. Trout Mask Replica is the third studio album by Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band, released in June 1969. Produced by Beefheart's friend and former schoolmate Frank Zappa, it was originally released as a double album on Zappa's Straight Records label. ...
  6. A military middle class Englishman intolerant of others’ ideas
  7. An airship constructed with a non rigid lifting agent container; To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat
  8. (BLIMPS) The BLocks IMProved Searcher is a search tool used to compare a DNA sequence against protein patterns in the Blocks database.
  9. (blimps) (in  blimp (aircraft))
  10. A fiberglass housing used to encase a noisy camera to make it suitable for sync sound filming.
  11. Grossly oversized person, but actually a type of airship.  "Blimp" is actually WWI parlance for a non-rigid airship, unlike a Zeppelin, which had frames).  Type B, Limp (really!). - e.g., That blimp is a real gasbag.
  12. A blimp is a non-rigid airship because it relies upon the pressure of the lifting gas to hold its shape. The story goes that it got its name from a World War I era Lieutenant who mimicked the sound made when thumping on the side of the airship.
  13. British version of a barney, a sound proof cover for cameras.
  14. Lighter-than-air ships ranging to hundreds of feet in length which specially constructed advertising displays; scheduled to fly over sporting and other events for massive exposure. Smaller blimps re used for promotional purposes to points-of-sale, civic events, etc.
  15. Running joke in Empires. To date Aircraft have had a protracted development history over a number of years and the Blimp was casually spec-chatted about as a fast-track of getting some aerial thing in Empires. ...
  16. A large, tethered (captive) balloon, which is filled with high-grade helium used for low-altitude aerial photography. Because helium is lighter than air, the balloon, with remote cameras suspended below it, rises gently to the height allowed by the length of tether cable. ...
  17. interj [RHHDAS other defs.] Approval of a put down 2001 Aug Middle GA middle school student Blimp! [after someone put down another kid]
  18. Case enclosing camera (or projector) to reduce mechanical noise. Mostly used for professional motion picture cameras if sound is to be recorded live during a shot. The blimp then prevents the microphone from picking up the camera noise. ...
  19. A sound‑proof camera housing which muffles the noise of the camera's motor so that sound can be clearly recorded on the set.
  20. a soft, lighter-than-air flying craft
  21. Solid cover for a motion picture camera designed to contain camera noise completely. A "barney" is a padded cover designed to reduce camera noise while still allowing hand holding and portability.
  22. Meaning – (Very fat person)