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Blowhard — may refer to:*A braggart *Blowhard (The Tunnelers), member of The Tunnelers group of Marvel Comics mutants *A duel level in the Nintendo 64 game Mario Party 3 … Wikipedia
blowhard — low hard n. a very boastful and talkative person. Syn: braggart, boaster, line shooter, vaunter. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blowhard — (n.) also blow hard, 1840, a sailor s word (from 1790 as a nickname for a sailor), perhaps not originally primarily meaning braggart; from BLOW (Cf. blow) (v.1) + HARD (Cf. hard) (adv.). An adjective sense of boastful appeared c.1855, and may be… … Etymology dictionary
blowhard — ☆ blowhard [blō′härd΄ ] n. Slang a loudly boastful person … English World dictionary
blowhard — UK [ˈbləʊˌhɑː(r)d] / US [ˈbloʊˌhɑrd] noun [countable] Word forms blowhard : singular blowhard plural blowhards American informal someone who talks too much about themselves or the things they have achieved … English dictionary
blowhard — [“blo”hard] n. a braggart; a big talker. □ You’re just a big blowhard. □ When and if this blowhard finishes, let’s go … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
blowhard — noun A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self important manner. The merchants are the most ultra Secessionists. . . . Some men of Northern origin were the most rabid. A blowhard, named James Patterson, of… … Wiktionary
blowhard — n A talkative braggart. That old blowhard thinks he won the Korean War single handedly. 1850s … Historical dictionary of American slang
Blowhard (comics) — Superherobox| caption= comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Blowhard real name=Unrevealed species=Human Mutant publisher=Marvel Comics debut=X Factor vol. 1 #11 (Dec 1986) creators=Louise Simonson Walter Simonson alliance… … Wikipedia
blowhard — noun Date: 1848 1. braggart 2. windbag … New Collegiate Dictionary
