noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of gasbag
Example Sentences
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By the next scene, we see that Little Bill has grabbed the spotlight for himself, ballooning into a gasbag of self-importance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
At its least attractive, you may grimly flash on the last gasbag you were stuck next to while waiting on some interminable line.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
He is, thanks to his 15-year partnership with Le Batard, a completely self-aware gasbag.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2018
As Simpson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., captures the football star’s gasbag egotism but falls short of the regal charisma that drew people to him.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2016
He left the basket, the rigging, and the gasbag where they lay, tangled and twisted among the branches.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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