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  • noun Plural form of blimp.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blimp.

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Examples

  • Other blimps were also in the hangar, including the ZMC2, an experimental blimp.

    2009 January 04 « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009

  • Of course, from the First World War through the 1960's, blimps, that is pressure airships, Zeppelins are rigid airships.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • For technical reasons, the lines will appear only on TV shots from blimps, meaning they won't appear this weekend if bad weather grounds blimps.

    Online chatter trends don't follow polls 2009

  • Then came the possibility of sync-sound, but cameras were noisy so they had to be put in "blimps" to keep the rattling and clicking from being picked up by the microphones.

    Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2010

  • I think that dirigibles or airships, or, if you prefer the vulgar term, "blimps" are making a comeback, too ... there was one in xkcd this week, and nobody predicts the future like Randall.

    One Step Closer to Reality - A Dress A Day 2008

  • More specialized equipment includes sound dampeners (called "blimps"), infrared or FM radio remote triggers, tower tripods and even miniature remote-controlled dirigibles.

    Hunt wildlife with a camera 2006

  • More specialized equipment includes sound dampeners (called "blimps"), infrared or FM radio remote triggers, tower tripods and even miniature remote-controlled dirigibles.

    Archive 2006-08-01 2006

  • I think that dirigibles or airships, or, if you prefer the vulgar term, "blimps" are making a comeback, too ... there was one in xkcd this week, and nobody predicts the future like Randall.

    October 2008 2008

  • These "blimps" cross property lines in SL and, when unoccupied, are often destroyed by frustrated leaseholders who consider them a form of pollution.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Jeremiah McNichols 2006

  • These "blimps" cross property lines in SL and, when unoccupied, are often destroyed by frustrated leaseholders who consider them a form of pollution.

    Second Life Blimps Set Course For Virtual Evolution Jeremiah McNichols 2006

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