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blimp
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blimp: see airship airship, an aircraft that consists of a cigar-shaped gas bag, or envelope, filled with a lighter-than-air gas to provide lift, a propulsion system, a steering mechanism, and a gondola accommodating passengers, crew, and cargo.
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blimp
1. a small nonrigid airship, esp one used for observation or as a barrage balloon
2. Films a soundproof cover fixed over a camera during shooting


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The $3 million blimps could bring modern communications to the far corners of the unwired Earth.
Rubino said blimps have some advantages over other aircraft, such as relatively low maintenance and fuel costs and the ability to stay aloft for several hours without refueling.
As the boy genius of blimps growing up in Ukraine, he dreamed of building crafts that would cruise lightly through the air.
 
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