Meanings
verbblimp out (third-person singular simple present blimps out, present participle blimping out, simple past and past participle blimped out)
present singular third person blimps out · participle present blimping out · participle past blimped out · past blimped out
- idiomaticintransitiveslangTo become fat or fatter, especially as a result of excessive eating.
Now that I am exercising regularly, I can pig out without blimping out.
2008 July 8, Adam Brophy, “Treating the kids to a tasty dish of . . . er, nuggets and chips”, in IrishTimes.com, retrieved 02 Apr 20091 more example
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
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