windbagn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪn(d)baɡ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪn(d)ˌbæɡ/

Forms: Also wind-bag.

Etymology: < wind n.¹ + bag n.

1. A bag containing ‘wind’ or air.

a. The bellows of an organ (obsolete) or bag of a bagpipe.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > bellows

windbag1470

bellows1542

power bellows1880

pneumatic1890

squiffer1914

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > pipe > [noun] > bagpipe > bag

pipe bag1615

bladder1717

windbag1838

1470–3 Rec. Andover 15 For amendyng of the wyndbagge of the organys vi^s.

1606 [see wind-bagged adj. at Derivatives].

1838 G. F. Graham Ess. Theory & Pract. Musical Composition App. 50 Possibly the anatomical structure of the sonorous organs of these Cicadæ did not exactly resemble the wind-bag, and reed, and pipe of our biped bagpipers.

b. The lungs (also plural); the chest or body considered as a receptacle of breath. Now only jocular.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [noun] > lungs

lungc1000

lightsc1225

pomounc1400

windbag1552

pulme1553

poulme1561

poulmon1561

bellows1614

airbag1782

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wynde bagge of a man out of the which the winde passeth, and commeth forthe.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus ii. at Anaxarchus He doubled these woordes worthy of remembraunce: Beate on, beate on Anaxarchus wynde bag: for Anaxarchus thou beatest not: accomptinge his body but a bagge full of wynde.

1860 W. W. Reade Liberty Hall, Oxon. I. i. 10 The dubious condition of his wind~bags occasioned him considerable..distress.

c. An inflated bag used as a charm to ensure a favourable wind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet > for luck > specific

nicetery1652

horseshoe1665

rabbit's foot1680

pocket-piece1695

luck penny1703

luck money1820

caul1826

windbag1870

wind-knot1870

billiken1914

four-leaf clover1927

paho1979

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 202 From witch-wives have I bought ere now Wind-bags indeed, but yet did trow Nothing therein.

d. A sac or cavity in the throat of certain birds that can be inflated.

ΚΠ

1903 W. H. Pycraft in Knowledge Jan. 1/2 The development of purely ornamental wind-bags, used as adjuncts in courtship.

2. figurative (contemptuous). An empty pretender, or something pretentious but unsubstantial; esp. a voluble and senseless talker. (Cf. wind n.¹ 11b, 15.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person

chaterestrea1250

jangler1303

babbler1366

blabbererc1375

jangleressc1386

talkerc1386

clatterer1388

cacklera1400

languager1436

carperc1440

mamblerc1450

praterc1500

jackdaw?1520

chewet1546

flibbertigibbet1549

clatterfart1552

patterer1552

piec1557

long tongue?1562

prattler1567

piet1574

twattler1577

brawler1581

nimble-chops1581

pratepie1582

roita1585

whittera1585

full-mouth1589

interprater1591

chatterer1592

pianet1594

bablatrice1595

parakeet1598

Bow-bell cockney1600

prattle-basket1602

bagpipe1603

worder1606

babliaminy1608

chougha1616

gabbler1624

blatterer1627

magpie1632

prate-apace1636

rattlea1637

clack1640

blateroon1647

overtalker1654

prate-roast1671

prattle-box1671

babelard1678

twattle-basket1688

mouth1699

tongue-pad1699

chatterista1704

rattler1709

morologist1727

chatterbox1774

palaverer1788

gabber1792

whitter-whatter1805

slangwhanger1807

nash-gab1816

pump1823

windbag1827

big mouth1834

gasbag1841

chattermag1844

tattle-monger1848

rattletrap1850

gasser1855

mouth almighty1864

clucker1869

talky-talky1869

gabster1870

loudmouth1870

tonguester1871

palaverista1873

mag1876

jawsmith1887

spieler1894

twitterer1895

yabbler1901

wordster1904

poofter1916

blatherer1920

ear-bender1922

burbler1923

woofer1934

ear-basher1944

motormouth1955

yacker1960

yammerer1978

jay-

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] > one who indulges in

praterc1500

bumbard?a1513

babbler?1555

jabberer1678

bag of wind1816

haverel1825

haverer1825

windbag1827

clatfarta1930

natterer1959

1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 184 Consigned..to the Limbo appointed for all such wind-bags and deceptions.

1894 G. A. Sala London up to Date ii. xxii. 343 He is at best a noisy wind-bag and braggart.

3. Nautical slang. A sailing ship or ‘windjammer’.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun]

bark1477

sail1517

winged wain1605

sailing-boat1721

sailing-vesselc1748

hogboat1784

sail-boat1798

sail-shipa1850

sailer1871

sailing-ship1871

windjammer1880

windbag1924

windship1934

1924 R. Clements Gipsy of Horn 11 A sailing ship—an old wind-bag, as the young, up-to-date watchkeeper would call it.

1930 J. Masefield Wanderer of Liverpool 47 A crowd of windbags moored fore and aft, to buoyed anchors.

1946 W. McFee In First Watch i. 15 He had been cook in a windbag and a sailor before the mast.

Derivatives

ˈwind-bagged adj. furnished with a windbag (sense 1a).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > pipe > [adjective] > bagpipe

wind-bagged1606

bagpipe-like1618

1606 J. Reynolds Dolarnys Primerose sig. I^v There might be heard, the hollowe wind bag'd droan's With direfull roaring.

ˈwindˌbaggery n. inflated talk.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun]

windc1290

trotevalea1300

follyc1300

jangle1340

jangleryc1374

tongue1382

fablec1384

clapa1420

babbling?c1430

clackc1440

pratinga1470

waste?a1475

clattera1500

trattle1513

babble?a1525

tattlea1529

tittle-tattlea1529

chatc1530

babblery1532

bibble-babble1532

slaverings1535

trittle-trattle1563

prate?1574

babblement1595

pribble-prabble1595

pribble1603

morologya1614

pibble-pabblea1616

sounda1616

spitter-spatter1619

argology1623

vaniloquence1623

vaniloquy1623

drivelling1637

jabberment1645

blateration1656

onology1670

whittie-whattiea1687

stultiloquence1721

claver1722

blether1786

havera1796

jaunder1796

havering1808

slaver1825

yatter1827

bugaboo1833

flapdoodle1834

bavardage1835

maunder1835

tattlement1837

slabber1840

gup1848

faddle1850

chatter1851

cock1851

drivel1852

maundering1853

drooling1854

windbaggery1859

blither1866

javer1869

mush1876

slobber1886

guff1888

squit1893

drool1900

macaroni1924

jive1928

natter1943

shtick1948

old talk1956

yack1958

yackety-yack1958

ole talk1964

Haigspeak1981

1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 396 Irremediably pin-perforated windbaggery.

1920 Sat. Westm. Gaz. 21 May 4/2 The stunt press, which greatly prides itself on its inexhaustible windbaggery on this subject.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	windbag
释义	windbagn. Brit. /ˈwɪn(d)baɡ/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(d)ˌbæɡ/ Forms: Also wind-bag. Etymology: < wind n.¹ + bag n. 1. A bag containing ‘wind’ or air. a. The bellows of an organ (obsolete) or bag of a bagpipe. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > bellows windbag1470 bellows1542 power bellows1880 pneumatic1890 squiffer1914 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > pipe > [noun] > bagpipe > bag pipe bag1615 bladder1717 windbag1838 1470–3 Rec. Andover 15 For amendyng of the wyndbagge of the organys vi^s. 1606 [see wind-bagged adj. at Derivatives]. 1838 G. F. Graham Ess. Theory & Pract. Musical Composition App. 50 Possibly the anatomical structure of the sonorous organs of these Cicadæ did not exactly resemble the wind-bag, and reed, and pipe of our biped bagpipers. b. The lungs (also plural); the chest or body considered as a receptacle of breath. Now only jocular. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [noun] > lungs lungc1000 lightsc1225 pomounc1400 windbag1552 pulme1553 poulme1561 poulmon1561 bellows1614 airbag1782 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wynde bagge of a man out of the which the winde passeth, and commeth forthe. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus ii. at Anaxarchus He doubled these woordes worthy of remembraunce: Beate on, beate on Anaxarchus wynde bag: for Anaxarchus thou beatest not: accomptinge his body but a bagge full of wynde. 1860 W. W. Reade Liberty Hall, Oxon. I. i. 10 The dubious condition of his wind~bags occasioned him considerable..distress. c. An inflated bag used as a charm to ensure a favourable wind. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet > for luck > specific nicetery1652 horseshoe1665 rabbit's foot1680 pocket-piece1695 luck penny1703 luck money1820 caul1826 windbag1870 wind-knot1870 billiken1914 four-leaf clover1927 paho1979 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 202 From witch-wives have I bought ere now Wind-bags indeed, but yet did trow Nothing therein. d. A sac or cavity in the throat of certain birds that can be inflated. ΚΠ 1903 W. H. Pycraft in Knowledge Jan. 1/2 The development of purely ornamental wind-bags, used as adjuncts in courtship. 2. figurative (contemptuous). An empty pretender, or something pretentious but unsubstantial; esp. a voluble and senseless talker. (Cf. wind n.¹ 11b, 15.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person chaterestrea1250 jangler1303 babbler1366 blabbererc1375 jangleressc1386 talkerc1386 clatterer1388 cacklera1400 languager1436 carperc1440 mamblerc1450 praterc1500 jackdaw?1520 chewet1546 flibbertigibbet1549 clatterfart1552 patterer1552 piec1557 long tongue?1562 prattler1567 piet1574 twattler1577 brawler1581 nimble-chops1581 pratepie1582 roita1585 whittera1585 full-mouth1589 interprater1591 chatterer1592 pianet1594 bablatrice1595 parakeet1598 Bow-bell cockney1600 prattle-basket1602 bagpipe1603 worder1606 babliaminy1608 chougha1616 gabbler1624 blatterer1627 magpie1632 prate-apace1636 rattlea1637 clack1640 blateroon1647 overtalker1654 prate-roast1671 prattle-box1671 babelard1678 twattle-basket1688 mouth1699 tongue-pad1699 chatterista1704 rattler1709 morologist1727 chatterbox1774 palaverer1788 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 slangwhanger1807 nash-gab1816 pump1823 windbag1827 big mouth1834 gasbag1841 chattermag1844 tattle-monger1848 rattletrap1850 gasser1855 mouth almighty1864 clucker1869 talky-talky1869 gabster1870 loudmouth1870 tonguester1871 palaverista1873 mag1876 jawsmith1887 spieler1894 twitterer1895 yabbler1901 wordster1904 poofter1916 blatherer1920 ear-bender1922 burbler1923 woofer1934 ear-basher1944 motormouth1955 yacker1960 yammerer1978 jay- the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] > one who indulges in praterc1500 bumbard?a1513 babbler?1555 jabberer1678 bag of wind1816 haverel1825 haverer1825 windbag1827 clatfarta1930 natterer1959 1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 184 Consigned..to the Limbo appointed for all such wind-bags and deceptions. 1894 G. A. Sala London up to Date ii. xxii. 343 He is at best a noisy wind-bag and braggart. 3. Nautical slang. A sailing ship or ‘windjammer’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] bark1477 sail1517 winged wain1605 sailing-boat1721 sailing-vesselc1748 hogboat1784 sail-boat1798 sail-shipa1850 sailer1871 sailing-ship1871 windjammer1880 windbag1924 windship1934 1924 R. Clements Gipsy of Horn 11 A sailing ship—an old wind-bag, as the young, up-to-date watchkeeper would call it. 1930 J. Masefield Wanderer of Liverpool 47 A crowd of windbags moored fore and aft, to buoyed anchors. 1946 W. McFee In First Watch i. 15 He had been cook in a windbag and a sailor before the mast. Derivatives ˈwind-bagged adj. furnished with a windbag (sense 1a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > pipe > [adjective] > bagpipe wind-bagged1606 bagpipe-like1618 1606 J. Reynolds Dolarnys Primerose sig. I^v There might be heard, the hollowe wind bag'd droan's With direfull roaring. ˈwindˌbaggery n. inflated talk. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] windc1290 trotevalea1300 follyc1300 jangle1340 jangleryc1374 tongue1382 fablec1384 clapa1420 babbling?c1430 clackc1440 pratinga1470 waste?a1475 clattera1500 trattle1513 babble?a1525 tattlea1529 tittle-tattlea1529 chatc1530 babblery1532 bibble-babble1532 slaverings1535 trittle-trattle1563 prate?1574 babblement1595 pribble-prabble1595 pribble1603 morologya1614 pibble-pabblea1616 sounda1616 spitter-spatter1619 argology1623 vaniloquence1623 vaniloquy1623 drivelling1637 jabberment1645 blateration1656 onology1670 whittie-whattiea1687 stultiloquence1721 claver1722 blether1786 havera1796 jaunder1796 havering1808 slaver1825 yatter1827 bugaboo1833 flapdoodle1834 bavardage1835 maunder1835 tattlement1837 slabber1840 gup1848 faddle1850 chatter1851 cock1851 drivel1852 maundering1853 drooling1854 windbaggery1859 blither1866 javer1869 mush1876 slobber1886 guff1888 squit1893 drool1900 macaroni1924 jive1928 natter1943 shtick1948 old talk1956 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 ole talk1964 Haigspeak1981 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 396 Irremediably pin-perforated windbaggery. 1920 Sat. Westm. Gaz. 21 May 4/2 The stunt press, which greatly prides itself on its inexhaustible windbaggery on this subject. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1470
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