Zeppelin
See also: zeppelin
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives from the German town name Zepelin. Doublet of cepelinas.
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- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈzɛ.pə.lɪn/
- Hyphenation: Zep‧pe‧lin
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Zeppelin (plural Zeppelins)
- (aviation) 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.
- (aviation, by extension, informal) A rigid airship dirigible, not restricted to Germany nor the early 20th century.
- (slang, rare) 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.
- 2022, Seaward Dracula, D. Stroker, sVck
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a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
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Proper noun edit
Zeppelin
- A German manufacturing company, famed for building the Zeppelin airships.
- Abbreviation of Led Zeppelin.
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References edit
- (penis): Tony Thorne (2014) “zeppelin”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London, […]: Bloomsbury
German edit
Etymology edit
Named after Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin.
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Zeppelin m or (rare) n (strong, genitive Zeppelins, plural Zeppeline)