1
: an airship that maintains its form by pressure from contained gas
2
capitalized
: colonel blimp
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The United States desperately needed blimps to conduct submarine surveillance operations along the Pacific Coast.
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 8 June 2024
Starting in 2004, the United States has deployed 65 Lockheed Martin blimps in Afghanistan that provide real-time video and audio surveillance across 100 square kilometers (just over 38 square miles) at a time.
—Taylor Owen, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2015
Built during World War II, the blimp hangar has long stood idle and empty.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 8 June 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment Two blimps jousting overhead Helldivers 2 is explicitly multiplayer, and the action takes place on Sony's servers.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 8 June 2024
Starting in 2004, the United States has deployed 65 Lockheed Martin blimps in Afghanistan that provide real-time video and audio surveillance across 100 square kilometers (just over 38 square miles) at a time.
—Taylor Owen, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2015
Built during World War II, the blimp hangar has long stood idle and empty.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 8 June 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment Two blimps jousting overhead Helldivers 2 is explicitly multiplayer, and the action takes place on Sony's servers.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
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“Blimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blimp. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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blimp
noun
: an airship filled with gas like a balloon
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