BLIMP
What does "BLIMP" mean?
A non-rigid airship that keeps its shape through the pressure of the gas inside, with no internal frame.
Meanings
- A powered, steerable lighter-than-air craft without a rigid internal skeleton. A blimp circled slowly above the stadium.
Did you know?
- A blimp has no skeleton at all: unlike a rigid zeppelin, it holds its shape purely from the pressure of the gas inside, so deflate it and the whole 'aircraft' folds up like a balloon.
Word origin
Origin uncertain; first attested in British military slang around World War I. A popular but unverified story claims it imitates the dull 'blimp' sound of a finger flicked against the inflated envelope; the term distinguished a non-rigid airship from a rigid one.
Remember it
BLIMP sounds like a soft 'blip' on the sky that got 'imp'-ishly fat — a slow, harmless balloon with an engine.
A little poem
A whale made of air-
no bones, no hurry, no map,
just the slow blue afternoon.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is a blimp the most relaxed aircraft? It has absolutely no internal structure to stress about.
What it teaches
A blimp holds its shape only by what fills it; some things stand up not from a frame but from what they're full of.
Quick facts
What does BLIMP mean?
A non-rigid airship that keeps its shape through the pressure of the gas inside, with no internal frame.
Is BLIMP a valid word?
Yes — BLIMP is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BLIMP?
BLIMP has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BLIMP come from?
Origin uncertain; first attested in British military slang around World War I. A popular but unverified story claims it imitates the dull 'blimp' sound of a finger flicked against the inflated envelope; the term distinguished a non-rigid airship from a rigid one.
What can BLIMP teach us?
A blimp holds its shape only by what fills it; some things stand up not from a frame but from what they're full of.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.