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blimp

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blimp
1. n. An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
2. n. (by extension) Any large airborne inflatable.
3. n. (slang) An obese person.
4. n. A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
5. v. (slang) 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.

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