Meaning & use
Windbag
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A person who talks a great deal, especially in a pompous or empty way, without saying much of substance.
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The meeting dragged on because one windbag kept repeating himself.
Critics dismissed the politician as a windbag full of empty promises.
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Windbag humorously compares excessive talk to a bag full of air, implying the speech has little real substance behind it.
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