brag vs gasbag

brag

noun
  • A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification. 

  • The thing which is boasted of. 

  • The card game three card brag. 

adj
  • Excellent; first-rate. 

verb
  • To boast of something. 

  • To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself. 

gasbag

noun
  • A person who is overly garrulous or prone to making empty, unsupportable statements; a windbag. 

  • A bag or bladder to hold a reservoir of gas, as in a hot-air balloon. 

  • A lighter-than-air aircraft; a balloon or dirigible. 

verb
  • To speak foolishly, pompously, or at length; to blather. 

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