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blimp
The term primarily describes a specific type of lighter-than-air craft characterized by its lack of an internal rigid skeleton. It evokes a sense of slow, drifting movement and is frequently associated with aerial advertising or sports broadcasting due to its ability to hover over large crowds.
In a colloquial sense, the word is used as a derogatory or self-deprecating descriptor for something excessively rounded or bloated. This usage shifts the focus from the technical aviation definition to a visual caricature of bulkiness and lack of agility.
Meanings
Examples
A giant advertising blimp floated slowly over the stadium during the game.
Look up there, is that a blimp or just a very large cloud?
The pilot carefully maneuvered the blimp through the narrow valley.
I feel like a total blimp after eating that entire platter of pasta.
The steampunk city was filled with brass pipes and floating blimps.
That old car looks like a metallic blimp with those oversized fenders.
He described the clumsy robot as a floating blimp of scrap metal.
The company used a blimp to broadcast the event to the crowds below.