windbag

UK /ˈwɪndˌbæɡ/ US /ˈwɪndˌbæɡ/

noun 2verb 1

Definitions

noun

Bellows for an organ.

Someone who talks excessively.

Some windbag. Hell, ain't I seen your kind before? ... Some bag of wind. You're just hot air, that's all.

"Do you hear that, Ryan? Your mommy is being a pontificating windbag."

verb

To talk pompously or excessively.

ADJ.

dreadful, old, talkative

VERB + WINDBAG

pontificating

ADV.

rather

noun — a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting t

Some windbag. Hell, ain't I seen your kind before? ... Some bag of wind. You're just hot air, that's all.

Wiktionary

"Do you hear that, Ryan? Your mommy is being a pontificating windbag."

Wiktionary

He's an old windbag, you can't believe a word he says.

Tatoeba · #1563894

The community pastor wasn't a fiery preacher, but rather a talkative windbag and bore.

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Tom is a windbag.

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He found the speeches tedious enough, and thought Sir John a dreadful windbag.

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i Register

In some senses, windbag is marked as archaic, derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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