blow-hard

American  

[bloh-hahrd] / ˈbloʊˌhɑrd /

noun

Slang.

1. an exceptionally boastful and talkative person.

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Etymology

Origin of blow-hard

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

“You can be a schemer or a blow-hard in this business and it works for awhile, but my strength was finding a story line for a fight and selling it.”

From Los Angeles Times

None of the elites saw Hurricane Donnie coming, and with the blow-hard now raging at full force, the GOP’s upper-crusters still don’t seem to know what hit them, much less what to do about it.

From Salon

Readers have found this helpful in besting the doctrinaire uncle or blow-hard cousin.

From Slate

Tester, a second-term Senate Democrat, has a way of confronting administration officials without making a show of it, a skill not always practiced by some of his blow-hard congressional colleagues, particularly those in the House.

From Washington Post

I think Ari Gold's methods may be completely unsound and he can be a blow-hard and reckless.

From Reuters