1
: an airship that maintains its form by pressure from contained gas
2
capitalized
: colonel blimp
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The property is near the county animal shelter and not far from the remaining blimp hangar.
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Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 2 Aug. 2024
His first blimp advertising company, Airships International, experienced a setback when its only airship crashed after leaving the ground.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 24 July 2024
The United States desperately needed blimps to conduct submarine surveillance operations along the Pacific Coast.
—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
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Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 2 Aug. 2024
His first blimp advertising company, Airships International, experienced a setback when its only airship crashed after leaving the ground.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 24 July 2024
The United States desperately needed blimps to conduct submarine surveillance operations along the Pacific Coast.
—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
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“Blimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blimp. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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blimp
noun
: an airship filled with gas like a balloon
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