Translations for „windbag“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈwind·bag N pej inf

windbag (excessive talker)

Schwätzer(in) m (f) pej

windbag (excessive talker)

Quasselstrippe f pej inf

windbag (excessive talker)

Plaudertasche f A inf

windbag (boaster)

Schaumschläger(in) m (f) pej

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Fat, rich, public school-educated windbags, too, who patronise the working classes.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk

He was a self-aggrandizing windbag, offering big and bold promises, not boring policy proposals that could be scrutinized.

www.motherjones.com

These old windbags wore out their welcome ages ago.

www.capebretonpost.com

And are we just whingeing gaijin windbags, or is there a nugget of truth to these observations?

en.rocketnews24.com

This wasn't about a religious figure taking on a political windbag.

billmoyers.com

Yet, all it took was the handiwork of one sleazy, lousy windbag to smear the youth's character and create unnecessary mischief.

www.jamaicaobserver.com

But airbags for windbags sounds like a lot of hot air to me.

www.thehindu.com

Wind power will grow again once the windbag has been evicted from office.

www.crikey.com.au

Not everyone he mentions is a liberal windbag, but plenty of them are.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk

He insults those whom he finds incorrect by referring to them as windbags and other names.

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