noun
- large airships without internal framework, typically used for advertising or surveillance
Examples
- The advertising blimps flew over the stadium during the game.
- Military blimps were used for coastal patrol during the war.
- Several blimps hovered above the city carrying promotional banners.
- The Goodyear blimps are famous for covering sporting events.
- Police blimps provided aerial surveillance of the large crowd.
- Weather blimps collect atmospheric data at high altitudes.