blimp out
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[edit]blimp out (third-person singular simple present blimps out, present participle blimping out, simple past and past participle blimped out)
- (intransitive, slang, idiomatic) To become fat or fatter, especially as a result of excessive eating.
- 1994 January 25, Erma Bombeck, “Being in front of the camera provides motivation to diet”, in Kingman Daily Miner, USA, retrieved 2 April 2009, page 5:
- I'd get my weight down for the event, then blimp out to where I couldn't fit into Orson Welles' cape.
- 2008 July 8, Adam Brophy, “Treating the kids to a tasty dish of . . . er, nuggets and chips”, in IrishTimes.com, retrieved 2 April 2009:
- Now that I am exercising regularly, I can pig out without blimping out.