blowhard

noun
/ˈbləʊhɑːd/UK/ˈbloʊhɑɹd/US

Etymology

Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb; from blow hard.

Definitions

  1. A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important…

    A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.

    • [T]he loud-mouthed blowhard seemed just the man to flinch when real danger confronted him; […]
    • Oh, this bellowing, blatant, bellicose, belligerent, bombastic blowhard […]
  2. A locality in the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA