blimp

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

blimps

1.
(aviation) An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
2.
(broadly)(by extension) Any large airborne inflatable.
3.
(slang)An obese person.
4.
A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
5.
(film, television) A soundproof cover for a video camera.
Đồng nghĩa: barney

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

blimps

V_ing/Gerund

blimping

V_ed/pp

blimped

1.
(intransitive, slang)To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.
After college, she started blimping and could no longer wear her favorite little black dress.
Over a few years the software had blimped into typical bloatware.
2.
(transitive)To fit (a video camera) with a soundproof cover.

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Đồng nghĩa

barneybarrage balloonGossagenonrigidblimp outblimp up

Cùng gốc / liên quan

blimplikeblimpyblimpishsound blimpairshipballoondirigiblezeppelin

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Nguồn gốc từ

Origin not entirely certain. However, most historians believe that it is for the sound a blimp makes when thumped. Although there is some disagreement among historians, credit for coining the term is usually given to Lt. A. D. Cunningham of the British Royal Navy in 1915.