Gasbag

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  • noun. An expansible bag for holding gas.
  • noun. One given to empty or boastful talk.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A bag for holding gas, as for the use of dentists or for a limelight.
  • noun. A cylindrical bag of some gas-tight material fitted with a tube and valve so that it can be filled with air from an air-pump.
  • noun. A boastful, loquacious person; a conceited gabbler.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. a person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
  • noun. the bag containing the gas in a balloon.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A bag or bladder to hold a reservoir of gas, as in a hot-air balloon.
  • noun. Metaphorically, a person who is overly garrulous or prone to making empty, unsupportable statements.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
  • noun. the bag containing the gas in a balloon
  • Word Usage
    "The loud-mouthed gasbag is obviously awakening to the fact that his influence, his credibility and his future livelihood is threatened by the fact that he will soon be proven wrong."
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