Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Canada, US, derogatory)A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.

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    хвасту́нxvastún, хвасту́ньяxvastúnʹja, трепло́ n anim ortrepló

    a very boastful and talkative person

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Tom is a rage-filled, self-aggrandising blowhard.

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  2. You're just a blowhard.

  3. What a blowhard.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person who talks too much or too loudly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who talks too much or too loudly:

Origin

Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb; from blow hard.

Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb; from blow hard.

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Forms

plural: blowhards

Synonyms

10 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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