blow-hard, a. and n. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
[blow v.1 6.]
A. adj. Boastful, blustering.
| 1855 Oregon Weekly Times 21 July (Th.), The Oregonian..has a blowhard article on the subject. 1921 R. D. Paine Comr. Rolling Ocean vi. 105 He don't get by with his blow-hard stuff, but I'll have to say he is entertaining. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xvi. 248 He's a blow-hard bugger. |
B. n. A blustering person; a braggart.
| 1857 Dufferin Lett. High Lat. 161 He is a fine old grey-headed blow-hard of fifty odd. 1880 Hardy Trumpet-Major xxxi, Bob's temper began to rise. ‘Don't you talk so large, about your pinioning, my man...’ ‘Now or never, young blow-hard,’ interrupted his informant. 1964 Punch 8 Apr. 514/2 ‘Old John Bull’ might be a blabbermouth and blowhard. |