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bloviating

bloviating is the present participle and gerund 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

Words formed from bloviating

Questions about bloviating

What is bloviating the present participle and gerund of?
Bloviating is the present participle and gerund of bloviate.

Words near bloviating in the dictionary

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

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