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gasbagging

gasbagging is the present participle and gerund of gasbag.

Meaning of gasbag

Verb

gasbag (third-person singular simple present gasbags, present participle gasbagging, simple past and past participle gasbagged)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To speak foolishly, pompously, or at length; to blather.
    • "You're a swell at it. I'll allow that. And I'll provide the gas-bagging." / "The gas-bagging?" I inquired. "What exactly do you mean?" / "What do I mean, you dear old sober-sides?" said Lyne. “I mean that I will do all the bow-wowing[…]"1910, Pearson's Magazine, volume XXX, number II, London: C. Arthur Pearson, →OCLC, page 71

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Questions about gasbagging

What is gasbagging the present participle and gerund of?
Gasbagging is the present participle and gerund of gasbag.

Words near gasbagging in the dictionary

  1. Gasaway
  2. Gasaways
  3. gasbag
  4. gasbagged
  5. gasbaggery
  6. gasbagging
  7. gasbags
  8. Gasbarian
  9. Gasbarro
  10. Gasbarros
  11. Gasbaryan

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