blimp
/blɪmp/
noun
- A large balloon-shaped aircraft that is filled with gas and can be steered through the air.
- The Goodyear blimp floated slowly over the football stadium.
- A blimp is often used for advertising because it is so visible from the ground.
- We watched the blimp drift across the sky during the parade.
- An insulting term for a person who is very overweight.
- Using the word 'blimp' to describe someone's size is rude and hurtful.
- She was hurt when someone at the party referred to her as a blimp.
- The bully called him a blimp, which made him feel terrible.