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Meanings of Blimp in English

Catalan
colonel blimp
Spanish
colonel blimp

Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)

        colonel blimp
        Russian
        мягкий дирижабль
        Spanish
        blimp

        Non-rigid airship.

              Related terms
              мягкий дирижабль

              A small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon.

                    Usage of Blimp in English
                    1
                    Thus, the SUMO pathway critically regulates Blimp-1 function during plasma cell differentiation.
                    Pubmed
                    2
                    The real shift into glorious madness came with Colonel Blimp in 1943.
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    The transcriptional repressor Blimp-1 is considered the master regulator of plasma-cell differentiation.
                    Pubmed
                    4
                    Might as well hire the Goodyear Blimp to advertise where I am.
                    Touching darkness
                    5
                    Results: Blimp-1 expression is elevated in T cells from AML patients.
                    Pubmed
                    6
                    The correlation of Blimp-1 expression to clinical characteristics of AML patients was analyzed.
                    Pubmed
                    7
                    Importantly, the functional defect is reversed by inhibition of Blimp-1 via siRNA knockdown.
                    Pubmed
                    8
                    A few weeks ago it was a Rocket Ship, now it is a Blimp!
                    Reuters
                    9
                    Phenotypic and functional studies of Blimp-1-expressing T cells were performed using flow cytometry-based assays.
                    Pubmed
                    10
                    That Blimp is a word we shall one day employ
                    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919
                    11
                    Since a Blimp is the obvious vessel for chaps
                    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919
                    12
                    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp comes closest to being an openly political picture.
                    The Irish Times
                    13
                    The American Blimp Corporation manufactured airships for advertising.
                    BBC
                    14
                    He is more than a golfer; he is a cross between Colonel Blimp and Evel Knievel.
                    The Guardian
                    15
                    Luciferase reporter assays and ChIP assays were applied to assess direct binding and transcription activity of Blimp-1.
                    Pubmed
                    16
                    But Horace was waiting with anxiety for Marcia Meadow singing her song about a Jazz-bound Blundering Blimp.
                    Flappers and Philosophers
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                    Blimp through the time
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