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blimp out en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To become fat or fatter, especially as a result of excessive eating.
    • Now that I am exercising regularly, I can pig out without blimping out. 2008 July 8, Adam Brophy, “Treating the kids to a tasty dish of . . . er, nuggets and chips”, in IrishTimes.com, retrieved 02 Apr 2009:
    • I'd get my weight down for the event, then blimp out to where I couldn't fit into Orson Welles' cape. 1994 January 25, Erma Bombeck, “Being in front of the camera provides motivation to diet”, in Kingman Daily Miner, USA, retrieved 02 Apr 2009, page 5:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
blimps out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
blimping out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
blimped out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
blimped out Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

blimp up · pork out