1
: an airship that maintains its form by pressure from contained gas
2
capitalized
: colonel blimp
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The blimp’s 100th anniversary is June 3, but celebrations will last throughout the year.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
Think of it as a high-tech blimp that's on a mission to bring the internet to places that have been left in the digital dark ages.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2024
The endeavor was a success, and the blimp reappeared numerous times over the years, ferrying photographers, then movie cameras, and then, in 1955, equipment to broadcast live on NBC from the airship.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 20 Jan. 2025
Another early blimp, the Volunteer, gave Charles Lindbergh a ride and appeared in the 1932 film Hidden Valley.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
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Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
Think of it as a high-tech blimp that's on a mission to bring the internet to places that have been left in the digital dark ages.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2024
The endeavor was a success, and the blimp reappeared numerous times over the years, ferrying photographers, then movie cameras, and then, in 1955, equipment to broadcast live on NBC from the airship.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 20 Jan. 2025
Another early blimp, the Volunteer, gave Charles Lindbergh a ride and appeared in the 1932 film Hidden Valley.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Blimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blimp. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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blimp
noun
: an airship filled with gas like a balloon
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