单词 | blow-hard |
释义 | blow-hardadj.n. colloquial (originally U.S.). A. adj. Boastful, blustering. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] > boastful boastyc1300 bragc1315 boastfulc1380 great-moutheda1425 boggishc1440 avauntinga1513 windy1513 blazing1549 thrasonical1564 vauntful1590 vousty1596 braggadocian1599 self-boasting1599 braggart1604 braggartly?1611 braggadocio1615 braggeda1616 ampullous1622 rodomontado1645 vapouring1649 thrasonic1657 rodomontade1660 flounder-mouthed1663 fanfaron1670 vaunty1724 boastivea1763 Falstaffian1809 bounceable1831 jactant1839 braggadocious1853 blow-hard1855 loud-mouthed1867 flannel-mouthed1884 bull-mouthed1896 poppy-show1896 Tartarin1903 1855 Oregon Weekly Times 21 July The Oregonian..has a blowhard article on the subject. 1921 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean vi. 105 He don't get by with his blow-hard stuff, but I'll have to say he is entertaining. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xvi. 248 He's a blow-hard bugger. B. n. A blustering person; a braggart. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boaster yelper1340 avaunterc1374 braggerc1390 fare-makerc1440 seggerc1440 shakerc1440 vaunter1484 roosera1500 praterc1500 cracker1509 vouster?a1513 boaster1574 Thrasoa1576 braggarta1577 braver1589 glorioser1589 bragout1592 rodomont1592 braggadocio1594 gloriosoc1599 puckfist1600 burgullian1601 puff1601 forthputtera1610 rodomontado1609 ostentator1611 fanfaron1622 potgun1623 thrasonist1626 cracka1640 vapourer1653 braggadocian1654 rodomontadist1655 charlatan1670 brag1671 rodomontade1683 gasconader1709 rodomontader1730 Gascon1757 spread eagle1809 bag of wind1816 penny trumpeter1828 spraga1838 gasser1855 blow-hard1857 blower1863 crower1864 gabber1869 flannel-mouth1882 punk-fist1890 skiter1898 Tartarin1903 blow1904 skite1906 poofter1916 trombenik1922 shooter of lines1941 fat-mouth1942 wide-mouth1959 Wheneye1982 trash talker1986 braggarist- 1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes 161 He is a fine old grey-headed blow-hard of fifty odd. 1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major III. xxxi. 45 Bob's temper began to rise. ‘Don't you talk so large, about your pinioning, my man...’ ‘Now or never, young blow-hard,’ interrupted his informant. 1894 Congress. Rec. Jan. 1238/2 Anyone who will read the whole testimony will see that [this man] was a mere braggart, a pretender, a blow-hard. 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 48 He's the worst blowhard ever. 1964 Punch 8 Apr. 514/2 ‘Old John Bull’ might be a blabbermouth and blowhard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.n.1855 |
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