- windbag
- [ʹwındbæg] n
1. пренебр. болтун, пустомеля, пустозвон2. шутл. грудная клетка3. pl мехи (волынки, органа)
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
windbag
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windbag — (n.) late 15c., bellows for an organ, from WIND (Cf. wind) (n.1) + BAG (Cf. bag) (n.). Figurative sense of person who talks too much is attested from 1827 … Etymology dictionary
windbag — [n] bigmouth, chatterer bag of wind*, big talker*, blabberer, blowhard*, boaster, braggart, bragger, gasbag*, gascon*, jabberer, know it all, motor mouth*; concepts 412,423 … New thesaurus
windbag — ► NOUN informal ▪ a person who talks a lot but says little of any value … English terms dictionary
windbag — [wind′bag΄] n. Informal a person who talks much and pretentiously but says little of importance … English World dictionary
Windbag — A windbag is a person who talks too much.Welsh WindbagWelsh Windbag is a derogatory term for a Welsh person, used mostly by English people. Neil Kinnock was nicknamed the Welsh Windbag , although it had been applied to many Welsh people before… … Wikipedia
windbag — UK [ˈwɪndˌbæɡ] / US noun [countable] Word forms windbag : singular windbag plural windbags informal someone who talks too much in a boring way … English dictionary
windbag — /ˈwɪndbæg / (say windbag) noun 1. Colloquial an empty, voluble, pretentious talker: *He was a likeable fellow, Ern, but very poorly educated, a windbag, inclined, with great assurance and whether you asked for it or not, to give you the benefit… …
windbag — {n.} Someone who talks too much; a boring person. * /Uncle Joe goes on and on; he is a boring windbag./ … Dictionary of American idioms
windbag — {n.} Someone who talks too much; a boring person. * /Uncle Joe goes on and on; he is a boring windbag./ … Dictionary of American idioms
windbag — n Someone who talks too much. That old windbag never stops talking about himself. 1890s … Historical dictionary of American slang
windbag — noun Someone who talks too much; a boring person. Uncle Joe goes on and on; he is a boring windbag … Словарь американских идиом
