1
: a bag for holding gas
2
informal
: an idle or garrulous talker
Examples of gasbag in a Sentence
that gasbag will talk your ear off about anything
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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.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 June 2023
The impact detonated the 5.5 million cubic feet of highly flammable hydrogen in the airship’s 15 gasbags.
—Dominic Green, wsj.com, 27 Apr. 2023
Don’t feel bad if the answer is no, because in a crowded field, money and name recognition are hard to come by, giving the incumbent gasbag a big advantage.
—Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
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
This propulsive focus led to his long, gasbag sentences, ballooned to maximize the present, but also to crowd out any thought of past obligations or future consequences.
—Connor Goodwin, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2020
There’s a portrait of Balfour and Chamberlain, masters of Imperial Britain but at that moment slouching on the front bench of the House, listening to a gasbag.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Mar. 2020
Howard Scott, a Greenwich Village gasbag, seized the moment to push his philosophy of technocracy.
—Philip Delves Broughton, WSJ, 23 June 2019
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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.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 June 2023
The impact detonated the 5.5 million cubic feet of highly flammable hydrogen in the airship’s 15 gasbags.
—Dominic Green, wsj.com, 27 Apr. 2023
Don’t feel bad if the answer is no, because in a crowded field, money and name recognition are hard to come by, giving the incumbent gasbag a big advantage.
—Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
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
This propulsive focus led to his long, gasbag sentences, ballooned to maximize the present, but also to crowd out any thought of past obligations or future consequences.
—Connor Goodwin, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2020
There’s a portrait of Balfour and Chamberlain, masters of Imperial Britain but at that moment slouching on the front bench of the House, listening to a gasbag.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Mar. 2020
Howard Scott, a Greenwich Village gasbag, seized the moment to push his philosophy of technocracy.
—Philip Delves Broughton, WSJ, 23 June 2019
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“Gasbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gasbag. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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