BLIMP

Meaning

An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.

• verbTo expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.

BLIMP as a word-puzzle answer

BLIMP is a 5-letter word with 1 vowel (I) and 4 consonants (B, L, M, P). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.

It leans on high-frequency letters (I), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. There are no rare letters here, so it is a fair, mid-difficulty answer for the daily Classic puzzle.