"windbag" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪndˌbæɡ/ Audio: En-us-windbag.oga [US] Forms: windbags [plural]
Rhymes: -æɡ Etymology: From Middle English wyndbagge, equivalent to wind + bag. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wyndbagge}} Middle English wyndbagge, {{af|en|wind|bag}} wind + bag Head templates: {{en-noun}} windbag (plural windbags)
  1. (archaic) Bellows for an organ. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-windbag-en-noun-ABTtUeSo Disambiguation of Talking: 37 17 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 8 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 11 44
  2. (mildly derogatory) Someone who talks excessively. Tags: derogatory, mildly Categories (topical): People, Talking Translations (someone who talks excessively): бърборко (bǎrborko) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tlachal [masculine] (Czech), žvanil [masculine] (Czech), tlučhuba [masculine] (Czech), sludrechatol [neuter] (Danish), sladdertaske [common-gender] (Danish), windbuil [masculine] (Dutch), suupaltti (Finnish), moulin à paroles [masculine] (French), falabarato [masculine] (Galician), ყბედი (q̇bedi) (Georgian), ენაჭარტალა (enač̣arṭala) (Georgian), Schwätzer [masculine] (German), Schwätzerin [feminine] (German), Schwafler [masculine] (German), Schwaflerin [feminine] (German), Plaudertasche [feminine] (German), αερολόγος (aerológos) [masculine] (Greek), vindbelgur [masculine] (Icelandic), bromaire [masculine] (Irish), бр́борко (bŕborko) [masculine] (Macedonian), arero kapekapetau (english: an idiom) (Maori), pukukōrero (Maori), блѧдь (blędĭ) [masculine] (Old Church Slavonic), трепло́ (trepló) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-windbag-en-noun-PweuBO69 Disambiguation of People: 17 82 1 Disambiguation of Talking: 37 17 46 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 11 44 Disambiguation of 'someone who talks excessively': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gasbag [person], bag of wind, bloviator, chatterbox

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɪndˌbæɡ/ Audio: En-us-windbag.oga [US] Forms: windbags [present, singular, third-person], windbagging [participle, present], windbagged [participle, past], windbagged [past]
Rhymes: -æɡ Etymology: From Middle English wyndbagge, equivalent to wind + bag. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wyndbagge}} Middle English wyndbagge, {{af|en|wind|bag}} wind + bag Head templates: {{en-verb|windbags|windbagging|windbagged}} windbag (third-person singular simple present windbags, present participle windbagging, simple past and past participle windbagged)
  1. To talk pompously or excessively. Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-windbag-en-verb-fchSIwaW Disambiguation of Talking: 37 17 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 8 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 11 44

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "moulin à paroles"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falabarato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇bedi",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "word": "ყბედი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "enač̣arṭala",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "word": "ენაჭარტალა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwätzer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwätzerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwafler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwaflerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Plaudertasche"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aerológos",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αερολόγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vindbelgur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bromaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bŕborko",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бр́борко"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "an idiom",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "word": "arero kapekapetau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "word": "pukukōrero"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "blędĭ",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "блѧдь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trepló",
      "sense": "someone who talks excessively",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "трепло́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "windbag"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/æɡ",
    "en:People",
    "en:Talking"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "wyndbagge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wyndbagge",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wind",
        "3": "bag"
      },
      "expansion": "wind + bag",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English wyndbagge, equivalent to wind + bag.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "windbags",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "windbagging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "windbagged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "windbagged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "windbagging",
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    }
  ],
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    "wind‧bag"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To talk pompously or excessively."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "pompously",
          "pompously"
        ],
        [
          "excessively",
          "excessively"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪndˌbæɡ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æɡ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-windbag.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/En-us-windbag.oga/En-us-windbag.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/En-us-windbag.oga",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "windbag"
}

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