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windbag

[ wind-bag ]

noun

  1. Informal. Also called bag of wind [wind]. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.
  2. the bag of a bagpipe.


windbag

/ ˈwɪndˌbæɡ /

noun

  1. slang.
    a voluble person who has little of interest to communicate
  2. the bag in a set of bagpipes, which provides a continuous flow of air to the pipes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of windbag1

A late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; wind 1, bag
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Example Sentences

He inhabits a space populated by right-wing windbags who have convinced each other, through endless repetition, that they are the most put-upon people in history.

From Salon

Yet there he stood — noted anti-vaxxer, suspected antisemite, overexposed anti-logic windbag — in a position to hijack attention and humiliate a league that has gone to great lengths to promote social equality.

A beekeeper recounts his experience moving from novice to master, providing ample advice and presenting the eccentrics, oddballs and, as our reviewer, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, put it, “flagrantly self-promoting windbags” he encounters along the way.

Its brevity made it an excellent vehicle for wit — a barb for puncturing bloated egos and windbag grandiosity.

He knows which way the wind is blowing, and he will do his best to become a windbag that blows in that direction, whatever humiliating deflation is required first.

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