windbag

English

Etymology

wind +‎ bag

Noun

windbag (plural windbags)

1. (archaic) Bellows for an organ.
2. (mildly derogatory) someone who talks excessively
   • 1964, Jesse Hill Ford, , page 111:

     Some windbag. Hell, ain't I seen your kind before? ... Some bag of wind. You're just hot air, that's all.

Synonyms

• bag of wind

Translations

someone who talks excessively

• Icelandic: vindbelgur m

• Old Church Slavonic: блѧдь (blędĭ) m