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gasbags

gasbags is the plural of gasbag.

gasbags is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gasbag.

Meaning of gasbag

Noun

gasbag (plural gasbags)

  1. A bag or bladder to hold a reservoir of gas, as in a hot-air balloon.
    • In half an hour a good-sized gas-bag had been formed, and the jerking and straining upon the thongs showed that it was capable of considerable lift.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. (broadly) A lighter-than-air aircraft; a balloon or dirigible.
  3. (derogatory, figuratively) A person who is overly garrulous or prone to making empty, unsupportable statements; a windbag.
    • Not that the Reverend James is absolutely a pretentious gasbag any more than Marchbanks is an inspired prophet. He has a definite, a positive part in the world's work.1911, Edward Everett Hale, Jr., Dramatists of To-day: Rostand, Hauptmann, Sudermann, Pinero, Shaw, Phillips, Maeterlinck; being an Informal Discussion of their Significant Work, 6th rev. and enl....

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Questions about gasbags

What is gasbags the plural of?
Gasbags is the plural of gasbag.

Words near gasbags in the dictionary

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

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