- Blimp, (Colonel)
- Strict, conservative, narrow-minded or conventional (usu. retired) officer. Pompous establishment figure, adj. blimpish.
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Blimp, (Colonel)
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Colonel Blimp — noun 1. any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low) • Syn: ↑Blimp • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Colonel Blimp — („Oberst Zeppelin“) war der Titel einer britischen Comicstripreihe, die in den 1930er Jahren im britischen Evening Standard erschien, sowie der Name der Hauptfigur dieser Reihe. Der Schöpfer von Colonel Blimp war der neuseeländische Cartoonist… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Colonel Blimp — Données clés Titre original The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Réalisation Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger Scénario Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger Acteurs principaux Roger Livesey Deborah Kerr … Wikipédia en Français
Colonel Blimp — is a British cartoon character. The cartoonist David Low first drew Colonel Blimp for Lord Beaverbrook s London Evening Standard in the 1930s: pompous, irascible, jingoistic and stereotypically British. Low developed the character after… … Wikipedia
Blimp — n. [from Colonel Blimp, a fictional character] any elderly pompous reactionary. Syn: Colonel Blimp. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon. Syn: sausage balloon, sausage. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blimp — also .Colonel Blimp n BrE [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Colonel Blimp, a cartoon character invented by David Low] someone, especially an old man, with old fashioned political ideas used to show disapproval >Blimpish adj … Dictionary of contemporary English
Blimp — /blimp/, (sometimes l.c.) See Colonel Blimp. [1930 35] * * * ▪ aircraft nonrigid or semirigid airship dependent on internal gas pressure to maintain its form. The origin of the name blimp is uncertain, but the most common explanation is that it… … Universalium
Colonel Blink — (tagline: The Short Gighted Gink ) was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beezer, first appearing in November 1958. Denis Gifford in his Encyclopedia of Comic Characters (1987) attributes his creation to Carmichael. These… … Wikipedia
Blimp (disambiguation) — Blimp can refer to:* a non rigid airship as opposed to a rigid airship (e.g. Zeppelin) * a slang term for a person considered to be conservative due to ignorance, after the cartoon character Colonel Blimp * an insult leveled at or about a person… … Wikipedia
blimp — ► NOUN informal 1) (also Colonel Blimp) Brit. a pompous, reactionary person. 2) a small airship or barrage balloon. 3) N. Amer. an obese person. DERIVATIVES blimpish adjective. ORIGIN sense 1 derives from a character invented by the cartoonist … English terms dictionary
