windbag

noun, verb — 4 senses

windbag

noun

/ˈwɪndˌbæɡ/

Etymology From Middle English wyndbagge, equivalent to wind + bag.

1

Derogatory, Mildly Someone who talks excessively.

  • Some windbag. Hell, ain't I seen your kind before? ... Some bag of wind. You're just hot air, that's all.1964, Jesse Hill Ford, The conversion of Buster Drumwright, page 111:
  • "Do you hear that, Ryan? Your mommy is being a pontificating windbag."2014 January 16, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 482 - Blood:
2

Dated The lungs.

3

Archaic Bellows for an organ.

Synonyms
gasbag, bag of wind, bloviator

windbag

verb

Etymology From Middle English wyndbagge, equivalent to wind + bag.

1

Derogatory To talk pompously or excessively.

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