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blimping out

blimping out is the present participle and gerund of blimp out.

Meaning of blimp out

Verb

blimp out (third-person singular simple present blimps out, present participle blimping out, simple past and past participle blimped out)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To become fat or fatter, especially as a result of excessive eating.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    blimp up, pork out

Questions about blimping out

What is blimping out the present participle and gerund of?
Blimping out is the present participle and gerund of blimp out.

Words near blimping out in the dictionary

  1. blimped up
  2. Blimpery
  3. blimpier
  4. blimpiest
  5. blimping
  6. blimping out
  7. blimping up
  8. blimpish
  9. blimpishly
  10. blimpishness
  11. blimplike

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