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gasbag
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gasbag has 2 senses
- gasbag(n = noun.person) windbag - a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics; Array is a kind of bore, dullard
- gasbag(n = noun.artifact) envelope - the bag containing the gas in a balloon; Array is a kind of bag
is a part of balloon
CIDE DICTIONARY
gasbag, n.
- a person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics. [WordNet 1.5]
- the bag containing the gas in a balloon. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gasbag, n.
1 a container of gas, esp. for holding the gas for a balloon or airship.
2 sl. an idle talker.
1 a container of gas, esp. for holding the gas for a balloon or airship.
2 sl. an idle talker.
THESAURUS
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
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