windbag

English

Etymology

From Middle English wyndbagge, equivalent to wind +‎ bag.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɪndˌbæɡ/
Hyphenation: wind‧bag
Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

wind bag (plural windbags)

(archaic) Bellows for an organ.
(mildly derogatory) someone who talks excessively
- 1964, Jesse Hill Ford, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 111:
  Some windbag. Hell, ain't I seen your kind before? ... Some bag of wind. You're just hot air, that's all.

Synonyms

(person): gasbag, bag of wind, bloviator; see also Thesaurus:chatterbox

Translations

someone who talks excessively

Bulgarian: бърборко (bg) m (bǎrborko)
Finnish: suupaltti (fi)
French: moulin à paroles (fr) m
German: Schwätzer (de) m, Schwätzerin f, Schwafler m, Schwaflerin f, Plaudertasche (de) f
Greek: αερολόγος (el) m (aerológos)

Icelandic: vindbelgur m
Irish: bromaire m
Maori: arero kapekapetau (an idiom)
Old Church Slavonic: блѧдь m (blędĭ)

Anagrams

bawding, dawbing

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