Blimp vs. Zeppelin

Blimpnoun

An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.

Blimpnoun

(by extension) Any large airborne inflatable.

Blimpnoun

(slang) An obese person.

Blimpnoun

A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.

Blimpverb

To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.

Blimpnoun

any elderly pompous reactionary.

Blimpnoun

a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon.

Blimpnoun

any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)

Blimpnoun

a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon

Blimp

A blimp, or non-rigid airship, is an airship (dirigible) without an internal structural framework or a keel. Unlike semi-rigid and rigid airships (e.g.

Zeppelinnoun

A dirigible balloon of the rigid type, consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gas cells, and provided with means of propulsion and control. It was first successfully used by Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin.

Zeppelinnoun

German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)

Zeppelinnoun

a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs

Zeppelin

A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sɛpəliːn]) who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin's notions were first formulated in 1874 and developed in detail in 1893.