blimp out
To become fat or fatter, especially as a result of excessive eating.
I'd get my weight down for the event, then blimp out to where I couldn't fit into Orson Welles' cape.
blimp
/ˈblɪmp/
noun 6verb 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
high, own
VERB + BLIMP
create, flown
BLIMP + NOUN
barney
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
noun
1
An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
2004 February 16&23, The New Yorker
2
Any large airborne inflatable.
a 6 meter high blimp made by a professional inflatables company, to be flown in the skies
3
An obese person.
4
A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
5
A soundproof cover for a video camera.
You can create your own blimp or barney with anything that will deaden the camera noise, such as a changing bag, foam rubber, […]
verb
1
To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.
After college, she started blimping and could no longer wear her favorite little black dress.
Over a few years the software had blimped into typical bloatware.
2
To fit (a video camera) with a soundproof cover.
noun
1
A person considered similar to Colonel Blimp in appearance, thought, or expression, particularly (historical or archaic, derogatory) a reactionary middle-class Englishman during the Interwar Period.
One was the military and imperialist middle class, generally nicknamed the Blimps, and the other the left-wing intelligentsia.
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Synonyms
noun — a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrag
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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2004 February 16&23, The New Yorker
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a 6 meter high blimp made by a professional inflatables company, to be flown in the skies
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You can create your own blimp or barney with anything that will deaden the camera noise, such as a changing bag, foam rubber, […]
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After college, she started blimping and could no longer wear her favorite little black dress.
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Over a few years the software had blimped into typical bloatware.
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One was the military and imperialist middle class, generally nicknamed the Blimps, and the other the left-wing intelligentsia.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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