blowhard
Britishnoun
adjective
Explanation
A blowhard is someone who always brags or boasts about himself. If you get stuck sitting next to your blowhard cousin at the family holiday dinner, you may wish he didn't think he was quite so amazing. Blowhard is an informal word describing someone who can't stop talking about themselves or their accomplishments, real or imagined. You might know a blowhard at school, at work, or even in your family. And usually everyone knows at least one blowhard sports fan, who during the game can't stop talking about the unprecedented greatness of his favorite team or player.
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Example Sentences
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Blowhard Rex Ryan, fired by the Jets after fizzling out with no good teams in four years, takes the job at Buffalo and immediately announces that his first priority is the Patriots.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2015
As expected, Blowhard Ali filled the tropical city with enough hot air to start a new front moving across Asia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Blowhard has purchased and fitted out his whaler, and only awaits my return to take charge of her and proceed to the Pacific.
From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
For some reason he distrusted the Major; he felt that they were rivals for the hand of Rosamund Blowhard.
From The Sunny Side by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)
Go to Barlow's and to Green's, and to Block and Blowhard.
From Ralph the Heir by Trollope, Anthony
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