Crossword clues for windbag
windbag
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context archaic English) bellow for an organ. 2 (context mildly derogatory English) someone who talks excessively
WordNet
n. a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics [syn: gasbag]
Usage examples of "windbag".
Template Windbag sat back in his frowsy old armchair and blinked a time or two.
The Windbag found himself wishing bigtime he did not have to deal with a ship full of straights just now.
Think there's something awry with my memory, you doxologizing old windbag!
On the other hand, Wilson could not bloviate, as the windbag Harding put it: speak impromptu with incoherent passion.
Oh, you wonderful windbag, you priceless melon head, you haven't the slightest idea what you're mixed up with!
This will prove a dire necessity if we find ourselves struggling in the water to right the Wallowing Windbag after it is flipped over by raging rapids.
Then they went through the routine of deflating the Wallowing Windbag until it achieved neutral buoyancy, returned to breathing from their air tanks, and drifted with the current through the sunken passage dragging the flattened Hovercraft and its equipment behind them until they emerged into an open cavern and reinflated it again.
Now the Wallowing Windbag was rearing up like a rodeo bronco as it surged between the rocks and plunged sickeningly into the next trough.
His final moment of clarity came when the Wallowing Windbag hung suspended for a moment before soaring into the mist.
Even with a Hovercraft like the Wallowing Windbag, it's extremely doubtful anyone can gain safe passage through a hundred kilometers of water peppered with rapids and rocks.
The partially deflated Wallowing Windbag bravely plunged over the sharp ledge and successfully ran an obstacle course through rocks hiding under roaring sheets of froth and spray before continuing her voyage to oblivion.
The faithful Wallowing Windbag had taken him this far, but if it lost one more float cell he would have to abandon it and carry on alone.
Communication signals were agreed upon, buddy breathing strategies in case of air loss, the drill for inflating and deflating the Wallowing Windbag, who was in control of what equipment-- all procedures were deliberated and jointly approved.
Five minutes later the eight air chambers of the Wallowing Windbag were filled and the hull fully inflated, deployed, and ready to do battle with the river.
Pitt's spirits soared as he recognized the battered remains of the Wallowing Windbag.