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1
a person who talks constantly
- a politician who is the stereotypical backslapping blowhard
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2
someone who boasts
- a blowhard who always had to act like she was better than anyone else
Synonyms for blowhard
- blower,
- boaster,
- brag,
- braggadocio,
- braggart,
- bragger,
- cockalorum,
- cracker
- [chiefly dialect],
- gascon,
- gasconader,
- swaggerer,
- vaunter
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The first known use of blowhard was in 1848
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