zeppelin vs blimp
Definitions
noun
- German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)
Examples
Plant shot to fame in the seventies as the lead singer of Led Zeppelin.
Which, of course, went down like a lead Zeppelin with the shipless sailors in the pub.
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's inspired idea was to make airships rigid, so superseding the early blimps, which were fatally vulnerable to leaks from the inflammable hydrogen used to inflate them.
Definitions
noun
- any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
Examples
In his mind, he blasted six large holes in the blimp's gas cells.
Kahit na blimps ay mabagal, carry maliit na timbang, at nangangailangan ng malaking hangars sa bahay ang mga ito, ang isang kumpanya ng Aleman ay magkaroon ng isang ahas-tanga tulad ng disenyo na overcomes ang ilan sa mga shortcomings upang magbigay ng isang bapor sa hangin pangangasiwa na maaaring manatili aloft para sa araw.
He pointed to a dun lionhead that lumbered peaceful as a blimp.
