"bloviate" meaning in All languages combined

See bloviate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbloʊ.viˌeɪt/ Audio: en-us-bloviate.ogg [US] Forms: bloviate [canonical], bloviates [third-person, singular], bloviated [past], bloviated [past, participle], bloviating [present, participle]
Etymology: blow + -i- + -ate Head templates: {{verb|bloviat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If a person bloviates, they speak in a boastful and annoying way.
    Sense id: simple-bloviate-en-verb-kIQUdEAd Categories (other): Verbs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms interfixed with -i-, Terms suffixed with -ate
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