windbag
wind·bag
windbag · windbags
Gassack
Someone who talks excessivelySomeone who talks excessively.
/ˈwɪndˌbæɡ/
» Tom is a windbag.
Meaning
3 senses(derogatory, mildly)Someone who talks excessively.
Schwätzer, Schwätzerin, Schwafler
трепло́trepló
a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
(dated)The lungs.
(archaic)Bellows for an organ.
Examples
5 sentencesTom is a windbag.
They're a bunch of windbags.
He's an old windbag, you can't believe a word he says.
deEr ist ein alter Schwätzer, ihm kannst du nichts glauben.
The community pastor wasn't a fiery preacher, but rather a talkative windbag and bore.
He found the speeches tedious enough, and thought Sir John a dreadful windbag.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
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Deutsch
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Origin
From Middle English wyndbagge, equivalent to wind + bag.From Middle English wyndbagge, equivalent to wind + bag.
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