windbag

[ wind-bag ]

/ ˈwɪndˌbæg /

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noun

Informal.Also called bag of wind

[wind] /wɪnd/ . an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.

the bag of a bagpipe.

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Origin of windbag

A late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at wind¹, bag

OTHER WORDS FROM windbag

wind·bag·ger·y, noun

Words nearby windbag

Winckelmann, wind, windable, windage, Windaus, windbag, windbaggery, wind-bell, windbill, windblast, windblown

How to use windbag in a sentence

He called her “a silly chattering windbag, an infernal liar, a conceited, gushing, rump-wagging, blethering ass.”
Gertrude of Arabia, the Woman Who Invented Iraq|Clive Irving|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He can still come off like a windbag with a know-it-all air.
The Resurrection of Newt Gingrich|Howard Kurtz|October 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Since when has the son of a chief learnt to talk with the loud tongue and windbag swagger of the Amabuna?
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley|Bertram Mitford
And Mr. Spurgeon was no windbag—vox et præterea nihil; no darling pet of old women whose Christianity was flabby as an oyster.
Christopher Crayon's Recollections|J. Ewing Ritchie

Showed what Sexton can do when so deeply moved as to forget himself, and resist besetting temptation to play the fatal windbag.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893|Various
Carlyle thought Darwin a poor creature, and Comte regarded Hegel himself as an empty windbag.
Falling in Love|Grant Allen
A regular braggart and empty windbag, he had taken but one good care, and that was of his own skin.
El Dorado|Baroness Orczy

British Dictionary definitions for windbag

windbag

/ (ˈwɪndˌbæɡ) /

noun

slang a voluble person who has little of interest to communicate

the bag in a set of bagpipes, which provides a continuous flow of air to the pipes

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