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blimp out to overeat; to eat too much and gain weight. I blimp out almost every weekend. If I could stop blimping out, I could lose some weight. See also: out Have a blimp! Sl. Have a good year! (A reference to the Goodyear blimp, which is famous for being at notable events.) Good-bye. Have a blimp! Have a blimp! See you next summer. See also: have a Colonel Blimp (British old-fashioned) an old man who has old-fashioned ideas and believes he is very important He's very much a Colonel Blimp with his comments about foreign influences dividing our society. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The $3 million blimps could bring modern communications to the far corners of the unwired Earth. Rubino said blimps have some advantages over other aircraft, such as relatively low maintenance and fuel costs and the ability to stay aloft for several hours without refueling. As the boy genius of blimps growing up in Ukraine, he dreamed of building crafts that would cruise lightly through the air. |
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