noun
windbag
WIHND-bag
noun
1
Someone who talks a great deal, often pompously, without saying much of substance.
"The meeting dragged on because of one long-winded old windbag."
How to Use Windbag
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA mildly insulting word for someone who talks too much and too pompously.
When to use it
Informal and a bit dismissive.
Word Forms
windbagged past tense, windbags plural, windbags singular
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Etymology
From wind (in the sense of hot air) + bag — literally "a bag of wind".