blimpy

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English

Etymology

From blimp +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blimpy (comparative blimpier, superlative blimpiest)

  1. (informal) Resembling a blimp; bloated
    • 1988 May 27, Laura Molzahn, “Bodily Fears”, in Chicago Reader:
      The blimpy costume, roughly humanoid, covered her from the neck to the wrists to the ankles with a plain white muslin fabric (why do we always think of fat people as pale?) stuffed with something airy, perhaps shredded toilet paper.