blimp[noun]Synonyms: fatty, butterball, dumpling, fatso, tub, reactionary, Bourbon, Colonel Blimp, diehard, reactionarist, reactionist, royalist, ultraconservative, white, stuffed shirt, fuddy-duddy
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
Blimp (
also ˌColonel ˈBlimp)
noun [countable] British English[
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: Colonel Blimp, a cartoon character invented by David Low]
someone, especially an old man, with old-fashioned political ideas – used to show disapproval
—Blimpish adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲