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blow-hard

blow-hard is the alternative spelling of blowhard.

Meaning of blowhard

Noun

blowhard (plural blowhards)

  1. (Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
    • The merchants are the most ultra Secessionists, one of the secret springs of action among this class being the heavy indebtedness owing to Eastern creditors. Some men of Northern origin were the most rabid. A "blow-hard," named JAMES PATTERSON, of Augusta, Jackson County, was originally from...1861 October 20, “Interesting from Arkansas. Correspondence of the Missouri Democrat.”, in The New York Times, page 2

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Forms of blow-hard

pluralblow-hards

Questions about blow-hard

What is blow-hard the alternative spelling of?
Blow-hard is the alternative spelling of blowhard.

Words near blow-hard in the dictionary

  1. blow-dryers
  2. blow-drying
  3. blow-drys
  4. blow-flies
  5. blow-fly
  6. blow-hard
  7. blow-hards
  8. blow-horn
  9. blow-horns
  10. blow-in
  11. blow-ins

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