blatherskite
91show-off — n 1. exhibitionist, extrovert, Sl. grand stander, Sl. hot dog, Sl. hotshot, Sl. show boat; dandy, fop, clotheshorse, coxcomb, peacock. 2. snob, name dropper, prig, high hatter. 3. blusterer, swaggerer, strutter, gascon, fanfaron, trumpeter,… …
92swaggerer — n 1. swashbuckler, swasher, strutter, blusterer, Brit. Si. bucko, bully, cock of the walk; snob, dandy, prig, coxcomb, fop; braggart, braggadocio, gascon, boaster, fanfaron, Sl. blowhard, Sl. gasbag, Sl. hot air artist; blatherskite, Sl. windbag …
93talker — n 1. speaker, orator, soapbox orator, stump orator, speechmaker, public speaker, spellbinder; main speaker, keynoter; haranguer, speechifier, de claimer, ranter, Inf. spouter, Inf. spieler, Inf. tub thumper, Sl. jawsmith; demagogue, rabble rouser …
94tattler — n telltale, tattletale, talebearer, Brit. Sl. sneak; informer, Sl. squealer, Sl. fink, Sl. rat, Sl. rat fink, Sl. stool pigeon; blabber, blabbermouth, sieve, gossip, busybody, rumormonger, excessive talker; jabberer, chatterer, gabbler,… …
95verbalist — n 1. rhetorician, rhetor, public speaker, speechmaker, declaimer, Speech. elocutionist; writer, author, authoress, novelist, poet, man of letters, editor, editress; linguist, lexicologist, lexicographer, se manticist, semasiologicist, etymologist …
96bletherskate — /ˈblɛðəskeɪt/ (say bledhuhskayt) noun British → blatherskite. Also, bletherskite …
97cheapskate — A term of reproach in the USA for a miserly person who tries to avoid paying his share of the expenses. It is used in a bar scene in The Ginger Man, by J.P.Donleavy. ‘Cheapskate’ appears to have been formed on the analogy of ‘bletherskate’,… …
98skite — v. & n. v.intr. Austral. & NZ colloq. boast, brag. n. 1 Austral. & NZ colloq. a a boaster. b boasting; boastfulness. 2 Sc. a drinking bout; a spree (on the skite). Etymology: Sc. & N.Engl. dial., = a person regarded with contempt: cf.… …
99bletherskate — var. of BLATHERSKITE …
