Blowhard

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Blowhard

Definition: Blowhard

Blowhard

Noun

1. A very boastful and talkative person.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Blowhard

Synonyms: boaster (n), braggart (n), bragger (n), line-shooter (n), vaunter (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Blowhard

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Blowhard (1978)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Blowhard

DomainTitle

Music

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Blowhard

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

blowhard

6
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Modern Translation: Blowhard

Language Translations for "blowhard"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Farsi 

  

پرحرف (Chatty, Garrulous, Loquacious, Outspoken, Rattletrap, Talkative, Voluble), ادم لاف زن . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

owhardblay.(various references)

   

Turkish

  

palavracı (boaster, bouncer, braggart, gasbag, liar, ranter, romancer, storyteller, swaggerer, swashbuckler, swashbuckling). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Blowhard

Derivations

Words beginning with "blowhard": blowhards. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Blowhard" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bilopha, blowdart, blowhorn, Blumhardt, Bokhary, broward. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Blowhard

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-h-l-o-r-w"

-2 letters: barlow, holard.

-3 letters: abhor, ahold, board, bolar, boral, brawl, broad, dobla, dobra, drawl, hoard, horal, labor, lobar, waldo, whorl, woald, world.

-4 letters: alow, awol, bald, bard, bawd, bawl, blah, blaw, blow, boar, bola, bold, bora, bowl, brad, braw, brow, dahl, darb, dhal, dhow, drab, draw, halo, hard, harl, hoar, hold, hora, howl, lard.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-d-h-l-o-r-w"
 

+1 letter: blowhards.

 

+5 letters: wheelbarrowed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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