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zeppelin

noun

  1. rigid airship type
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈzɛ.pə.lɪn/ / /ˈzɛp.lɪn/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives from the German town name Zepelin. Doublet of cepelinas.

  1. A German manufacturing company, famed for building the Zeppelin airships.
  2. Abbreviation of Led Zeppelin.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives from the German town name Zepelin. Doublet of cepelinas.

  1. A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs.
  2. A rigid airship dirigible, not restricted to Germany nor the early 20th century.
  3. The penis.

    “2022, Seaward Dracula, D. Stroker, sVck She shoved him back on the bed, but fear had turned his zeppelin into a deflated balloon, and try as she might, she couldn't blow any air into it.”