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zeppelin

noun
/ˈzɛ.pə.lɪn/US

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from Zeppelin

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Zeppelin.

  2. A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German…

    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.

  3. A rigid airship dirigible, not restricted to Germany nor the early 20th century.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. 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.

    2. A German manufacturing company, famed for building the Zeppelin airships.

    3. Abbreviation of Led Zeppelin.

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