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blowhards

blowhards is the plural 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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Questions about blowhards

What is blowhards the plural of?
Blowhards is the plural of blowhard.

Words near blowhards in the dictionary

  1. blowflies
  2. blowfly
  3. blowgun
  4. blowguns
  5. blowhard
  6. blowhards
  7. blowhole
  8. blowholed
  9. blowholes
  10. blowholing
  11. blowhorn

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