Definition of gasbag
1
:a bag for holding gas
2
informal
:an idle or garrulous talker
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that gasbag will talk your ear off about anything
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Conservative gasbags talk a big game about the culture of personal responsibility, but become Herculean blame-shifters when anything blows up because of their actions.
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First Known Use of gasbag
1827
gasbag Synonyms
Synonyms
babbler, blabber, blabbermouth, blowhard, cackler, chatterer, conversationalist, gabbler, chatterbox, jabberer, jay, magpie, motormouth, prattler, talker, windbagRelated Words
gossip, gossiper, talebearer, tattler, tattletale; blatherer, blatherskite; converser, discourserGASBAG Defined for English Language Learners
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