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bloviates

bloviates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bloviate.

Meaning of bloviate

Verb

bloviate (third-person singular simple present bloviates, present participle bloviating, simple past and past participle bloviated)

  1. (US, intransitive) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
    • Peter P. Low, Esq., will with open throat…bloviate about the farmers being taxed upon the full value of their farms, while bankers are released from taxation.1845 October 14, Huron Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio

Questions about bloviates

What is bloviates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bloviates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bloviate.

Words near bloviates in the dictionary

  1. blouzy
  2. blove
  3. bloviant
  4. bloviate
  5. bloviated
  6. bloviates
  7. bloviating
  8. bloviatingly
  9. bloviation
  10. bloviations
  11. bloviative

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