windbag en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈwɪndˌbæɡ/
Etymology
From Middle English wyndbagge, equivalent to wind + bag.
Meanings
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(derogatory, mildly) Someone who talks excessively.
"Do you hear that, Ryan? Your mommy is being a pontificating windbag."
2014 January 16, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 482 - Blood:Some windbag. Hell, ain't I seen your kind before? ... Some bag of wind. You're just hot air, that's all.
1964, Jesse Hill Ford, The conversion of Buster Drumwright, page 111:
- (dated) The lungs.
- (archaic) Bellows for an organ.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| windbags | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
bloviator · gasbag · bag of wind
Translations (34)
hu szószátyár (someone who talks excessively) · mi arero kapekapetau (someone who talks excessively) · de Schwaflerin (someone who talks excessively) · it sparacazzate (someone who talks excessively) · cs tlachal (someone who talks excessively) · it parolaio (someone who talks excessively) · it quaquaraquà (someone who talks excessively) · cs tlučhuba (someone who talks excessively) · ga béalastán (someone who talks excessively) · ga bromaire (someone who talks excessively) · ka ყბედი (someone who talks excessively) · ca cotorra (someone who talks excessively) · de Schwätzerin (someone who talks excessively) · fi suupaltti (someone who talks excessively) · de Schwafler (someone who talks excessively) · bg бърборко (someone who talks excessively) · gl falabarato (someone who talks excessively) · nl windbuil (someone who talks excessively) · ru трепло́ (someone who talks excessively) · mk бр́борко (someone who talks excessively) · de Schwätzer (someone who talks excessively) · da sladdertaske (someone who talks excessively) · fr moulin à paroles (someone who talks excessively) · mi pukukōrero (someone who talks excessively) · ga bolmán (someone who talks excessively) · el αερολόγος (someone who talks excessively) · ka ენაჭარტალა (someone who talks excessively) · de Plaudertasche (someone who talks excessively) · cs žvanil (someone who talks excessively) · cy malwr (someone who talks excessively) · cu блѧдь (someone who talks excessively) · pl gaduła (someone who talks excessively) · is vindbelgur (someone who talks excessively) · da sludrechatol (someone who talks excessively)