bloviates

verb

present tense third-person singular of bloviate
as in declaims

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  1. declaims
  2. pontificates
  3. rants
  4. huffs
  5. spouts
  6. blows
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  • Woody Harrelson declaims every line, upping the relentless factor of Phil’s mania.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
Definition of declaims
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  • Indeed, the Abbé pontificates on pretty much every topic known to man as the pair try in vain to tunnel their way to freedom.
    — Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
  • That’s especially true for one of its two main narrators, Verity, an aging franchise movie star who acts, thinks, and pontificates like an adolescent.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
Definition of pontificates
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  • And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
Definition of rants
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  • The Scat Pack tested gets the High-Output model, which ups boost and huffs 30 psi through 54-mm Garrett GT2054 turbochargers, taking power output to 550 hp and 531 lb-ft of torque.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of huffs
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  • Enceladus is Saturn's sixth largest moon with a diameter equal to roughly the width of Arizona, and it's thought to have a massive subsurface ocean that spouts plumes of water out into space.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • One colorful customer spouts a fabulously ripe monologue about how the aliens nearly caught him mid-defecation—a close encounter of the turd kind.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of spouts
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  • Policymakers' ignorance of oil market mechanics becomes clear only when geopolitics enters the picture and blows it all to hell, either figuratively or literally.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Starritt reveals the harsher sides of entrepreneurship, including the constant scramble for venture capital, the difficult financial options, the unforeseen blows from uncontrollable world events, the grueling hours and more.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of blows
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“Bloviates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloviates. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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