gasbag

[ gas-bag ]

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noun

a bag for holding gas, as in a balloon or dirigible.
Slang. a talkative, boastful person; windbag.

Origin of gasbag

First recorded in 1820–30; gas + bag

Words Nearby gasbag

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How to use gasbag in a sentence

The gasbag is in two parts—a tough shell and a gastight bladder, the latter being designed to be discarded if it leaks.
Why Old-School Airships Now Rule Our Warzones | Bill Sweetman | June 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Don't gasbag about sin, when the sexual act is no more sinful than eating.
Painted Veils | James Huneker
Why hadn't that white-haired gasbag, Mrs. Bilton—Mr. Twist's thoughts were sometimes unjust—joined them sooner?
Christopher and Columbus | Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim
The collapse of gasbag can have surprised no careful reader of these columns.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890 | Various
First comes the typical Russian gasbag, who talks and then talks some more.
Essays on Russian Novelists | William Lyon Phelps

It was Maynard's fault; he was conceited, and a gasbag, and talked about the wrong things.
Non-combatants and Others | Rose Macaulay

British Dictionary definitions for gasbag

gasbag

/ (ˈɡæsˌbæɡ) informal /

noun

a person who talks in a voluble way, esp about unimportant matters

verb-bags, -bagging or -bagged

(intr) Irish to talk in a voluble way, esp about unimportant matters

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