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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)
Russian
мягкий дирижабль Spanish
blimp Synonyms
Examples for "non-rigid airship"
Examples for "non-rigid airship"
1
In 1903 Dr. Barton commenced the construction of a large non-rigid airship.
2
In a trial with a small non-rigid airship some months ago a signal success was achieved.
3
The urgent need for a non-rigid airship to carry out anti-submarine patrol having been satisfied for the time with the production of the S.S. B.E.
4
On September 24th, 1852, Henri Giffard flew a cigar-shaped non-rigid airship with a steam engine for 17 miles from Paris.
5
These ships have become notorious for breaking all flying records for non-rigid airships.
Usage of blimp in English
1
A key problem to tackle: how to store energy for the blimp.
2
Expect mass protests and the flying of the Trump baby blimp today.
3
For a couple of years there, I had a major blimp fetish.
4
With every additional degree of superheat, the blimp becomes twenty-five pounds lighter.
5
All of his skin was black, and he looked like a blimp.
6
That's where that nice top view from the blimp becomes useful.
7
In effect, the blimp is a combination of balloon and aeroplane.
8
In that way, today's war blimp could become tomorrow's all-seeing, lethal Big Brother.
9
The blimp was flying on Tuesday during the final eventing competition.
10
Now the blimp has been reborn again, courtesy of a German cargo company.
11
On the bridge of my battle-blimp the wind rises, carrying a new scent.
12
The weight of a blimp, Conrad explained, is in constant flux.
13
But it's only a marginal success for the once-hyped blimp program.
14
There's even a blimp for the aerial shots, provided by DirecTV.
15
Men and women cheered as the little blimp rose, sputtering, into the sky.
16
Authorities have said he was firing at a police blimp.
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Translations for blimp
Catalan
Spanish
Blimp through the time
Blimp across language varieties
United States of America
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