different between slimming vs blimming

English

Adjective

slimming (comparative more slimming, superlative most slimming)

1. Making a person seem or become slimmer.

   She bought the jeans without trying them on because the salesperson said they were slimming.

   He's trying to lose weight by drinking slimming tea.

   That dress is very slimming on you.

Antonyms

• fattening

Translations

Verb

slimming

1. present participle of slim

Noun

slimming (countable and uncountable, plural slimmings)

1. The process of making or becoming slimmer.
   • 1990, The New Law Journal (volume 139, part 1, page 130)

     We have become accustomed to Thatcherite slimmings of the system — massive ward closures punctuated from time to time by the royal opening of an Aids unit for ten patients, but here is something new.

English

Alternative forms

• blimmin'

Etymology

Modification of blooming.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl?m??/
• Rhymes: -?m??

Adjective

blimming (not comparable)

1. (Britain, slang) Blooming (as an intensifier).

   I don't want to buy any blimming brushes, so kindly go away!

Adverb

blimming (not comparable)

1. Very; blooming.