Bloviate

//ˈbloʊ.viˌeɪt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner. US, intransitive

    "Peter P. Low, Esq., will with open throat…bloviate about the farmers being taxed upon the full value of their farms, while bankers are released from taxation."

  2. 2
    orate verbosely and windily wordnet

Example

More examples

"Tom wastes so much time acting like a know-it-all in meetings, it seems he just likes to bloviate."

Etymology

1845, US, Ohio, from blow (“speak idly, boast”) + -i- + -ate, by analogy with deviate.

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