Gasbag

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  gasbag \gasbag\ n.
     1. a person who talks a great deal about uninteresting
        topics.
  
     Syn: windbag.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. the bag containing the gas in a balloon.
  
     Syn: envelope.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gasbag
       n 1: a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting
            topics [syn: {windbag}]
       2: the bag containing the gas in a balloon [syn: {envelope}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "gasbag":
     Captain Bobadil, Gascon, Graf Zeppelin, Texan, aerostat,
     agreeable rattle, airship, babbler, ballonet, balloon, big mouth,
     big talker, blab, blabberer, blatherer, blimp, blower, blowhard,
     blusterer, boaster, brag, braggadocio, braggart, chatterbox,
     chatterer, dirigible, dirigible balloon, fanfaron, gabber, gabbler,
     gasconader, gibble-gabbler, great talker, hector, hot-air artist,
     idle chatterer, jabberer, jay, lighter-than-air craft, magpie,
     miles gloriosus, moulin a paroles, patterer, prater, prattler,
     rattle, rigid airship, rodomontade, semirigid airship, ship,
     windbag, windjammer, windy, word-slinger, zeppelin