as in chatterer
a person who talks constantly
that gasbag will talk your ear off about anything
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Recent Examples of gasbag
Such a windup suggested that a rerun of their infamous 2020 debate was coming, with Trump casting himself in the role, once again, of rogue gasbag.
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Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
Trump, now with the gasbag winds from TV commentary at his back, may indeed win the nomination in 2024.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 June 2023
The impact detonated the 5.5 million cubic feet of highly flammable hydrogen in the airship’s 15 gasbags.
—Dominic Green, wsj.com, 27 Apr. 2023
At one time, though, Jack was delighted to be tolerated among the philosophers and essayists, going so far as to marry Judy, the sophisticated daughter of a once-famous, still precious, self-enamored gasbag named Howard (Larry Pine).
—New York Times, 7 July 2021
Don’t feel bad if the answer is no, because in a crowded field, money and name recognition are hard to come by, giving the incumbent gasbag a big advantage.
—Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
This propulsive focus led to his long, gasbag sentences, ballooned to maximize the present, but also to crowd out any thought of past obligations or future consequences.
—Connor Goodwin, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2020
There’s a portrait of Balfour and Chamberlain, masters of Imperial Britain but at that moment slouching on the front bench of the House, listening to a gasbag.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Mar. 2020
Howard Scott, a Greenwich Village gasbag, seized the moment to push his philosophy of technocracy.
—Philip Delves Broughton, WSJ, 23 June 2019
Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
Trump, now with the gasbag winds from TV commentary at his back, may indeed win the nomination in 2024.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 June 2023
The impact detonated the 5.5 million cubic feet of highly flammable hydrogen in the airship’s 15 gasbags.
—Dominic Green, wsj.com, 27 Apr. 2023
At one time, though, Jack was delighted to be tolerated among the philosophers and essayists, going so far as to marry Judy, the sophisticated daughter of a once-famous, still precious, self-enamored gasbag named Howard (Larry Pine).
—New York Times, 7 July 2021
Don’t feel bad if the answer is no, because in a crowded field, money and name recognition are hard to come by, giving the incumbent gasbag a big advantage.
—Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
This propulsive focus led to his long, gasbag sentences, ballooned to maximize the present, but also to crowd out any thought of past obligations or future consequences.
—Connor Goodwin, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2020
There’s a portrait of Balfour and Chamberlain, masters of Imperial Britain but at that moment slouching on the front bench of the House, listening to a gasbag.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Mar. 2020
Howard Scott, a Greenwich Village gasbag, seized the moment to push his philosophy of technocracy.
—Philip Delves Broughton, WSJ, 23 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasbag
Noun
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The magpie can be seen plucking at the muntjac's coat.—
Jack Beresford,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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In a video filmed on a and shared with Newsweek, viewers are treated to a front-row seat for the most unusual meeting between a magpie and a muntjac deer.—
Jack Beresford,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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When a self-important young windbag named Bartow (played to perfection by Jackson Kelly) rather reasonably asks Hank to say something — anything — the latter launches into a scathing but accurate sendup of Bartow’s writing and accuses him (and the student population, and the college) of mediocrity.—
Lili Loofbourow,
Washington Post,
18 Mar. 2023
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The themes that move them — annoying roommates, windbag friends, comical misunderstandings, internet word soup — feel half-classic and half-distinctly contemporary, like if one of those fake AI Seinfeld script-bot Twitter accounts was actually funny.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
1 Nov. 2021
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“Gasbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasbag. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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