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Definition of Gasbag
1. Noun. A boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
2. Noun. The bag containing the gas in a balloon.
Definition of Gasbag
1. Noun. A bag or bladder to hold a reservoir of gas, as in a hot-air balloon. ¹
2. Noun. Metaphorically, a person who is overly garrulous or prone to making empty, unsupportable statements. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gasbag
1. a bag for holding gas [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gasbag
Literary usage of Gasbag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"Its gasbag was 200 feet long, and the 7o-horse-power motor drove two propellers.
... The gasbag, instead of being of cotton or silk and rubber, ..."
2. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"Its gasbag was 200 feet long, and the jo-horse-power motor drove two propellers.
... The gasbag, instead of being of cotton or silk and rubber, ..."
3. Flying Men & Their Machines by Clarence Winchester (1916)
"The most fatal parts to hit are the engines, as if the means of propulsion are
rendered hors de combat the huge gasbag must float aimlessly about according ..."
4. Exit by Mihai Nadin (2004)
"His classmates had fun in deflating the "gasbag," the name they gave him and ...
"gasbag, you're going to take off one day if you don't get rid of some ..."
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