What is the meaning of BLIMP. Phrases containing BLIMP
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(1) An overweight, overbearing, over nationalistic, over critical person. Called after a WW II cartoon character created by David Low. (2) A WW II balloon floated in the sky over London during WW air raids to protect important defence installations from the attacks of low flying aircraft and V1 bombs. Named for their shape after the cartoon character. (3) Someone who is fat and cant run, but runs anyway and makes a fool of himself. Like the turtle blimp on Ninja turtles. Fat Blimp.
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Non-rigid airship
A blimp (/blɪmp/), less commonly called a non-rigid airship, is an airship (dirigible) without an internal structural framework or a keel. Unlike semi-rigid
Blimp
Airship fleet used for promotional purposes
The Goodyear Blimp is any one of a fleet (currently 4 in number) of commercial airships operated by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, used mainly
Goodyear_Blimp
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up blimp or Blimp in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A blimp is an airship without an internal supporting framework or keel. Blimp may also refer
Blimp_(disambiguation)
1943 film by Pressburger and Powell
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is a 1943 British romantic-war film written, produced and directed by the British film-making team of Michael Powell
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The_Life_and_Death_of_Colonel_Blimp
American annual awards ceremony show
viewers worldwide of Nickelodeon networks. Winners receive a hollow orange blimp figurine, a logo outline for much of the network's 1984–2009 era, which
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
Nickelodeon_Kids'_Choice_Awards
Class of non-rigid airships for the US Navy
K-class blimp was a class of blimps (non-rigid airship) built by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio, for the United States Navy. These blimps were
K-class_blimp
Cartoon character
Colonel Blimp is a cartoon character created by New Zealand cartoonist David Low. The character was first drawn for Lord Beaverbrook's Evening Standard
Colonel_Blimp
Housing for a camera to reduces sounds
A sound blimp is a housing attached to a camera which reduces sounds, such as shutter click on SLR cameras, and motors on motion picture cameras. It is
Sound_blimp
U.S. Navy blimp whose two-man crew disappeared in 1942
L-8, later renamed America and popularly known as the "Ghost Blimp", was a United States Navy L-class airship whose two crewmen disappeared over the Pacific
L-8
Scottish rock band
The Blimp were a rock band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1998. The group comprised William Rogue (vocals, lead guitar, harmonica), Ray Alexander (Hammond
The_Blimp
Major World War 2 blimps bases
blimp bases, (Navy Air Stations Blimps bases), were United States Navy blimp bases built to protect coastal waters during World War II. Navy Blimps could
NAS_blimp_bases
1977 film by John Frankenheimer
giving the title for the novel and film. Michael Lander is a Goodyear Blimp pilot who flies over National Football League games for network television
Black_Sunday_(1977_film)
Class of non-rigid airships built by Goodyear Aircraft Company for the U.S. Navy (1930s)
The L-class blimps were training airships operated by the United States Navy during World War II. In the mid-1930s, the Goodyear Aircraft Company built
L-class_blimp
Akron, Ohio built the M-class blimp for the United States Navy as the follow-on to the K-class anti-submarine warfare blimp used during World War II. It
M-class_blimp
American non-rigid airship
The G-Class Blimps were a series of non-rigid airships (blimps) used by the United States Navy. In 1935, instead of developing a new design airship, the
G-class_blimp
Type of airship
The J-class blimps were non-rigid airships designed by the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in the early 1920s for the US
J-class_blimp
operator of 8 of these active ships, including the Hood Blimp, DirecTV blimp, and the MetLife blimp. These airships are registered to the Goodyear Tire &
List of current airships in the United States
List_of_current_airships_in_the_United_States
Topics referred to by the same term
Colonel Blimp is a British cartoon character. Colonel Blimp may also refer to: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, a 1943 British romantic drama war film
Colonel Blimp (disambiguation)
Colonel_Blimp_(disambiguation)
American professional wrestler (c. 1903 – 1961)
30, 1905 – November 8, 1961), better known by his ring name Blimp Levy or simply The Blimp, was an American professional wrestler who was a major attraction
Blimp_Levy
Airship
or blimp introduced in 1969 by The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in the United States as its signature promotional aircraft, the Goodyear Blimp. The
Goodyear_GZ-20
American patrol airship
engines powered the N-Class blimps. An initial contract was awarded to the Goodyear Aircraft Company for the prototype N-class blimp in the late 1940s, with
N-class_blimp
Powered lighter-than-air aircraft
shape and stabilising tail fins. Some blimps may be powered dirigibles, as in early versions of the Goodyear Blimp. Later Goodyear dirigibles, though technically
Airship
partial list of airship accidents. It includes both rigid airships and blimps, which operated differently from one another. Not included on this list
List_of_airship_accidents
Airship
The Conan blimp was an orange dirigible owned by Turner Broadcasting System for the purpose of promoting the premiere of Conan O'Brien on his late-night
Conan_blimp
1969 studio album by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
guitar on "The Blimp" (uncredited) Arthur Tripp III – drums and percussion on "The Blimp" (uncredited) Don Preston – piano on "The Blimp" (uncredited)
Trout_Mask_Replica
Inflatable caricature mocking the U.S. president
group of us have chipped in and raised enough money to have a 6 meter high blimp made by a professional inflatables company, to be flown in the skies over
Donald_Trump_baby_balloon
US airship manufacturer
American Blimp Corporation (ABC) is an American privately owned company that is the largest manufacturer of blimps in the United States. It is based in
American_Blimp_Corporation
E class of US Navy blimps comprised a single airship, built during World War I by Goodyear as one of a group of three small blimps offered to the US government
E-class_blimp
Airship owned by streaming company DirecTV
The DirecTV blimp was a blimp that was launched in October 2007 at the MLB World Series in Boston and had been seen all over the United States up until
DirecTV_blimp
The C-class blimp was a patrol airship developed by the US Navy near the end of World War I, a systematic improvement upon the B-type which was suitable
C-class_blimp
Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
lymphocyte-induced maturation protein-1 (BLIMP-1), is a protein in humans encoded by the gene PRDM1 located on chromosome 6q21. BLIMP-1 is considered a 'master regulator'
PRDM1
English fashion designer and singer (born 1974)
Actress Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst New Star Nominated – Orange Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award
Victoria_Beckham
Film by Christopher Nolan
audible dialogue, the IMAX cameras were often concealed in large sound blimps on set, while a system of mirrors was set up to help the actors maintain
The_Odyssey_(2026_film)
Airship crash in Germany
On June 12, 2011, an American Blimp A-60+, operated by Lightship Europe, caught fire during landing at Reichelsheim. The initial impact during the landing
2011 Lightship Europe airship crash
2011_Lightship_Europe_airship_crash
1975 novel by American writer Thomas Harris
his later Lecter novels. Michael Lander is a pilot who flies the Aldrich Blimp over NFL football games to cover them for network television. He is also
Black_Sunday_(novel)
Type of blimp
The TC-3 and the TC-7 were the two United States Army Air Corps non-rigid blimps used for parasite fighter trials conducted in 1923–24. A single Sperry Messenger
TC-class_blimp
class blimp (experimental) B class blimp (patrol & training) C class blimp (patrol) D class blimp (patrol) E class blimp (trainer) F class blimp (trainer)
List of airships of the United States Navy
List_of_airships_of_the_United_States_Navy
F class of US Navy blimps comprised a single airship, built during World War I by Goodyear as one of a group of three small blimps offered to the US government
F-class_blimp
British filmmaking duo
their films. The best-known of these are The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), A Matter
Powell_and_Pressburger
American actor and director (born 1981)
Huck) 1996 – Kids' Choice Awards: Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor (Tom and Huck) 1997 – Kids' Choice Awards: Blimp Award for Favorite Television Actor
Jonathan_Taylor_Thomas
German World War II submarine
Navy doctrine required blimps to stay out of range of surfaced submarines and guide aircraft or ships to attack. The blimp's pilot, Lieutenant Nelson
German_submarine_U-134_(1941)
Global conflict from 1914 to 1918
successful raid against the Zeppelin hangars at Tondern in July 1918, as well as blimps for antisubmarine patrol. Faced with Russia in the east, Austria-Hungary
World_War_I
Former US Marine Corps Air base
officially known as Naval Air Station Santa Ana. The base was designed for blimp operations in support of the Navy's coastal patrol efforts during World
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin
Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Tustin
American airship, formerly military
Blimp MZ-3A is a blimp owned by the United States Navy from 2006 to 2017. It is a modified American Blimp Corporation A-170 series commercial blimp and
American_Blimp_MZ-3
American multinational tire manufacturer
airships and balloons since the early 1900s, the first Goodyear advertising blimp flew in 1925. Today, it is one of the most recognizable advertising icons
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company
The D class blimp was a patrol airship used by the US Navy in the early 1920s. The D-type blimps were slightly larger than the C-type and had many detail
D-class_blimp
Experimental helicopter/airship by Piasecki Aircraft
fastening four H-34J helicopters to a framework beneath a helium-inflated blimp envelope. The sole prototype was destroyed during a test flight, killing
Piasecki_PA-97_Helistat
C-5 was a C class blimp operated by the U.S. Navy in 1918 and 1919. It was one of ten C class hydrogen inflated non-rigid airships constructed by Goodyear
C-5_(blimp)
The B class blimps were patrol airships operated by the United States Navy during and shortly after World War I. The Navy had learned a great deal from
B-class_blimp
Airship
The American Blimp A-170 is a blimp series built by the American Blimp Corporation now owned and operated by the Airsign Airship Group. The Holden Airship
American_Blimp_A-170
Hot air balloon attached to the ground
into the wind. Like the powered airship, such balloons are often called blimps. A hybrid tethered balloon or kytoon is shaped to provide aerodynamic lift
Tethered_balloon
Canceled US Air Force reconnaissance airship
The Blue Devil blimp was a proposed reconnaissance airship that was built for the United States Air Force for use in the War in Afghanistan. It was designed
TCOM_Blue_Devil
Defunct subsidiary of Goodyear (1924-87)
Engineering" The company subsequently constructed rigid (zeppelins) and non-rigid (blimps) dirigibles for the US military. Goodyear's giant hangar was constructed
Goodyear_Aerospace
American non-rigid airship
The UConn Lumpy was a blimp designed, built, and flown by students at the University of Connecticut in 1975. The airship was built by five University
UConn_Lumpy
calls on Stirling, who is seen commentating from above the stadium in a blimp and adds "Who's got zero game, "good morning islanders" and who'll go all
Love Island (2015 TV series) series 13
Love_Island_(2015_TV_series)_series_13
American animated television series
Space Ghost is an American Saturday-morning superhero animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, first broadcast on CBS from September
Space_Ghost_(TV_series)
American television host and comedian (born 1963)
Insult Comic Dog 2010 Tonight Show conflict The War for Late Night Conan blimp Happy Happy Good Show "Conan O'Brien Needs a Doctor While Eating Spicy Wings"
Conan_O'Brien
Children's television awards show program broadcast in 2012
winners received an orange-colored blimp trophy. Big Help Award winner Taylor Swift received a special silver-colored blimp from First Lady Michelle Obama
2012_Kids'_Choice_Awards
American actress and singer (born 1992)
2021. Retrieved February 18, 2026. "Most Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards blimps won by an individual". Guinness World Records. April 9, 2022. Archived from
Selena_Gomez
Class of airship
as well as between the Zeppelin NT and usual non-rigid airships known as blimps. The Zeppelin NT is classified as a semi-rigid airship. There are various
Zeppelin_NT
was an experimental blimp designed by the United States Navy in 1929. The K-1 was not the prototype of the later K-class blimps. Due to the inability
K-1_(airship)
American cartoonist and animator
for her comic book series The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp, which lasted from 1973 to 1977. Lee Marrs grew up in Montgomery, Alabama
Lee_Marrs
Flying sun-powered vehicles
Solar-powered aircraft are electric aircraft that can be an airplane, blimp, or airship and use either a battery or hydrogen to store the energy produced
Solar-powered_aircraft
2025 film by Josh Safdie
rented blimp (tailnumber N614LG) with "Marty Supreme" imprinted on each side across the United States. Chalamet's visual artist drawing of the blimp in the
Marty_Supreme
Comics tabloid
Gothic Blimp Works, an all-comics tabloid published in 1969 by Peter Leggieri and the East Village Other, was billed as "the first Sunday underground
Gothic_Blimp_Works
British production company
London. Retrieved 1 March 2011. "Colonel Blimp - Colonel Blimp". Blinkink. Retrieved 20 September 2023. "Colonel Blimp and Blink Productions Merge Rosters"
Blink_(company)
American talent manager and scam artist (1954–2016)
Flushing Airport, where he and childhood friend Alan Gross would watch blimps take off and land. According to his autobiography, Bands, Brands, & Billions
Lou_Pearlman
C-Star class (sometimes written as C* class) of non-rigid airships or "blimps" were used by Britain's Royal Naval Air Service for convoy escort duties
C_Star_class_airship
Blimp hangar
Tire and Rubber Company for construction and maintenance of their fleet of blimps. The Wingfoot Lake Hangar was built in 1917 for testing and construction
Wingfoot_Lake_Airship_Hangar
airships were built for the U.S. Navy 133 K-class blimps 10 L-class blimps 7 G-class blimps 4 M-class blimps As well as planned and new construction, some
US Navy airships during World War II
US_Navy_airships_during_World_War_II
British airship
airships were simple, cheap and easily assembled small non-rigid airships or "blimps" that were developed as a matter of some urgency to counter the German U-boat
SS_class_airship
2001 animated film
out of the blimp. They fly back and Yukon pursues the Toy Taker around the blimp, but his shoes puncture holes, and he falls off the blimp after losing
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_and_the_Island_of_Misfit_Toys
Aviation museum in Tillamook, Oregon
housed in a former blimp hangar, known as "Hangar B", which is the largest clear span wooden structure in the world. The six-blimp hangar was built by
Tillamook_Air_Museum
Use of aircraft in police operations
this blimp provided aerial surveillance of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port-of-Spain. Greater Manchester Police began trial operations of a blimp in
Police_aviation
Large buildings used for sheltering airships
During World War II, seventeen large hangars were built to house US Navy blimps. Today, five of these wooden hangars still exist: Moffett Field (1), Tustin
Airship_hangar
Bend knot
A zeppelin bend (also known as the Rosendahl Bend) is an end-to-end joining knot formed by two symmetrically interlinked overhand knots. It is stable,
Zeppelin_bend
American Presidential campaign
long, the blimp was longer than the Goodyear Blimp. With a stated cost of $400,000 per month, supporters raised enough money to keep the blimp afloat for
Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign
Ron_Paul_2008_presidential_campaign
Naval airship
The DN-1 was the United States Navy's first airship. Captain Mark L. Bristol, the second Director of Naval Aviation, supported the development of the dirigible
DN-1
British military blimps during WWI
The SSZ (Sea Scout Zero) non-rigid airships or "blimps" were developed in United Kingdom during World War I from the earlier SS ("Sea Scout") class. The
SSZ_class_airship
American dairy company
outdoor ice cream stand takes the form of a large Hood Milk Bottle. The Hood blimp often appears at sport and cultural events (most often Red Sox home games
HP_Hood
class of non-rigid airship or "blimp" used by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) during World War I. The C-class blimp operated by the United States Navy
Coastal_class_airship
1921 blimp of the United States Navy
The H class blimp was an observation airship built for the U.S. Navy in the early 1920s. The original "H" Class design of 1919 was for a twin engined
H-class_blimp
Harbor in New York and New Jersey
Convoy out of Brooklyn in February 1942 bound for Liverpool (photographed from a blimp from NAS Lakehurst)
New_York_Harbor
British actor (1906–1976)
successively starred between 1943 and 1946; The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, I Know Where I'm Going! and A Matter of Life and Death. Tall and broad
Roger_Livesey
Musical artist
the frontman, principal songwriter, and lead guitarist of rock band The Blimp from 1998 until their breakup in 2007. Allan was born in Glasgow, Scotland
William_Rogue
Canadian band
Blimp Rock is a Canadian band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Their music has been described as quirky and sincere and has been compared to Lou Reed, The
Blimp_Rock
1993 single by Ice Cube
and after-school youth center A Place Called Home (APCH) if the Goodyear Blimp displayed lyrics from the third verse of "It Was a Good Day". After Ice
It_Was_a_Good_Day
2002 video game
all along, and battles Taz throughout the blimp. The battle eventually culminates with Taz opening the blimp's rear cargo door, and yelling with such audible
Taz:_Wanted
American actor (born 1986)
Performance in a Feature Film Nominated Blimp Award (Kids' Choice Awards) Favorite TV Actor (Drake & Josh) Won 2007 Won Blimp Award (UK Kids' Choice Awards) Best
Drake_Bell
Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1984)
Corey (April 4, 2005). "Usher, Hilary Duff, SpongeBob Take Home Orange Blimps From Kids' Choice Awards". MTV. Archived from the original on January 5
Avril_Lavigne
American graphic designer
McMullan, Reynold Ruffins and Ed Sorel. Artone (1964, Photo Lettering Inc.) Blimp (1970, Photo Lettering Inc.) Buffalo (1978, Mergenthaler) Filmsense (1970
Seymour_Chwast
Fictional film characters
Retrieved March 1, 2026. Couch, Aaron (June 14, 2013). "'Despicable Me 2' Blimp Flies Over Los Angeles (Photo)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March
Minions_(Despicable_Me)
United States Navy aircraft repair unit
aircraft. Blimp HedRon, Blimp Headquarters Squadron, were Navy units that maintained US Navy blimps in the Lighter-than‑air (LTA) service. Blimp HedRon operated
Carrier Aircraft Service Units
Carrier_Aircraft_Service_Units
Visual art consisting of moving images
design – allowing sound recorded on-set to be usable without requiring large "blimps" to encase the camera, the invention of more sophisticated filmstocks and
Film
Electric vehicle powered by solar energy
A solar electric vehicle is an electric vehicle powered completely or significantly by direct solar energy. Usually, photovoltaic (PV) cells contained
Solar_vehicle
class non-rigid airships were the largest and last in a succession of "blimps" that served with the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I; developed
NS_class_airship
Long-range surface-to-air missile and other threat detection capability Aerostat
Surveillance blimp Tethered Aerostat Radar System U.S. Army Air Defense Units Hybrid Air Vehicles HAV 304 Airlander 10 Sky Dew "Drone-Hunting Blimp To Launch
JLENS
Scottish actress (1921–2007)
and Emeric Pressburger's romantic-war drama The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, which consistently ranks among the greatest British films of all time.
Deborah_Kerr
Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
plans to turn the building's spire into an airship terminal, although one blimp did manage to make a single newspaper delivery afterward. On July 28, 1945
Empire_State_Building
British airship
The Epsilon class blimp was a proposed British airship designed for the British Army in the 1910s. When the Army abandoned involvement in British airship
Epsilon_class_blimp
Slangs & AI meanings
Colonel Blimp is London Cockney rhyming slang for a shrimp.
(1) An overweight, overbearing, over nationalistic, over critical person. Called after a WW II cartoon character created by David Low. (2) A WW II balloon floated in the sky over London during WW air raids to protect important defence installations from the attacks of low flying aircraft and V1 bombs. Named for their shape after the cartoon character. (3) Someone who is fat and cant run, but runs anyway and makes a fool of himself. Like the turtle blimp on Ninja turtles. Fat Blimp.
Blimp out is American slang for to overeat, to collapse through overeating.
Blimp is British slang for a pompous, old−fashioned, ineffectual person. Blimp is slang for a fat person.Blimp is slang for a look.
Noun. 1. Another name for burning cannabis fragments. See 'blimps' for a fuller explanation. Variations include bombies and bombers. 2. A small quantity of illicit drugs wrapped in a handrolling cigarette paper, forming a pill like ball. Made either for easier consumption at a later date or to avoid the bitter taste of the drugs when loose. 3. As, the bomb, meaning excellent, the best. [Orig. U.S.]Verb. To travel or move quickly. E.g."Will you bomb round to the corner shop and get a pint of milk?" {Informal}
Noun. A red hot fragment of cannabis that will occasionally fall from alight 'joints', causing small burns to skin, clothing and furnishings. E.g."You could tell he was a heavy smoker, cos he had little holes all over his t-shirt from blimps."
Noun. A red hot fragment of cannabis that occasionally fall from lit cannabis cigarettes. Cf 'blimp'.
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Slangs & AI derived meanings
Cool hand Luke is London Cockney rhyming slang for serendipity (fluke).
Pock is slang for a policeman.
Heroin; fentanyl
 A cudgel spiked with nails.
n pants. In the U.K., “pants” are underpants, and so being “caught with your pants down” has even more graphic connotations.
changing from good to bad
Whenever the chant "Do! Do! Do! Do!" was heard on the playground you knew there was a fight going on, usually surrounded by a frenzied crowd of children. You could also 'offer someone out' or in other words invite them to a fight by saying "you wanna do?"
Narrow-gauge locomotive with driving boxes outside of the wheels
Adj. Sick, unwell. Rhyming slang.
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