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Definition of "blowhard" []

  • Informal A boaster or braggart. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "blowhard" in a sentence
  • ""The government, especially with this very complex indictment, has opened it up for what I call the blowhard defense: 'He's all words, no action, and how has he benefited in any way?'" says Douglas Godfrey, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law and a former criminal defense lawyer."
  • "This blowhard is what is wrong with america today."
  • "How those occur in similar contexts to blowhard is opaque to me."