as in chatterer
a person who talks constantly
that gasbag will talk your ear off about anything
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Recent Examples of gasbag
If the legislature paced the flow of business better, the gasbag Republicans, whose ranks grow smaller and smaller, would lose their power to disrupt with hours of monologues.
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Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2026
In one painfully funny sequence, a visiting gallerist (and gasbag) barely seems to care about her art, showing more interest in a goose’s nest that has materialized in an enclosure.
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Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
Larger balloons were connected to the ground by telegraph wires to speed the delivery of intelligence, which had to be fast, as the tethered gasbags were sitting ducks for Confederate fire.
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Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
Such a windup suggested that a rerun of their infamous 2020 debate was coming, with Trump casting himself in the role, once again, of rogue gasbag.
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Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
28 June 2024
Trump, now with the gasbag winds from TV commentary at his back, may indeed win the nomination in 2024.
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Walter Shapiro,
The New Republic,
6 June 2023
At one time, though, Jack was delighted to be tolerated among the philosophers and essayists, going so far as to marry Judy, the sophisticated daughter of a once-famous, still precious, self-enamored gasbag named Howard (Larry Pine).
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New York Times,
7 July 2021
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2026
In one painfully funny sequence, a visiting gallerist (and gasbag) barely seems to care about her art, showing more interest in a goose’s nest that has materialized in an enclosure.
—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
Larger balloons were connected to the ground by telegraph wires to speed the delivery of intelligence, which had to be fast, as the tethered gasbags were sitting ducks for Confederate fire.
—
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
Such a windup suggested that a rerun of their infamous 2020 debate was coming, with Trump casting himself in the role, once again, of rogue gasbag.
—
Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
28 June 2024
Trump, now with the gasbag winds from TV commentary at his back, may indeed win the nomination in 2024.
—
Walter Shapiro,
The New Republic,
6 June 2023
At one time, though, Jack was delighted to be tolerated among the philosophers and essayists, going so far as to marry Judy, the sophisticated daughter of a once-famous, still precious, self-enamored gasbag named Howard (Larry Pine).
—
New York Times,
7 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasbag
Noun
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Even the New York Times got in on the action, with a profile of the eccentric Sitwell (the charms her magpie, Hecate, are impossible to resist).
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Over to the corvid family for some intelligence, and the raven gets the nod for its size advantage over the magpie and the jay.
Noun
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Which is the unstoppable windbag destined to monopolize conversation at breakfast?
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Some combination of deliberate tactics and the unprecedented loathing of his opponents causes anything bombastic, silly, or overly self-centered to be played up and employed to reinforce the caricature of him as a blustering, narcissistic windbag.
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“Gasbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasbag. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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