blimp

blimp

noun \ˈblimp\

: a large aircraft without wings that floats because it is filled with gas

Full Definition of BLIMP

1

:  an airship that maintains its form by pressure from contained gas

2

capitalized :  colonel blimp

Origin of BLIMP

imitative; perhaps from the sound made by striking the gas bag with the thumb

First Known Use: 1916

Rhymes with BLIMP

chimp, crimp, gimp, guimpe, imp, limp, pimp, primp, scrimp, shrimp, simp, skimp, wimp