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To survive in a lot of male-dominated situations - the police, the military, what have you - you put on a bit of the crass, blowhard thing, because you just can't survive being the nice guy in those environments.
Dean Norris

Meaning of "blowhard" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLOWHARD

blowhard  [ˈbləʊˌhɑːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLOWHARD

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blowhard can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BLOWHARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Blowhard

Blowhard may refer to: ▪ A braggart, see also Bloviate ▪ Blowhard, member of The Tunnelers group of Marvel Comics mutants ▪ Blowhard, fictional character ▪ A landmark of New Brunswick which was used as the logo for Animaland. A sculptured park and zoo located in Penobsquis, off the former # 114 Trans Canada highway...

Definition of blowhard in the English dictionary

The definition of blowhard in the dictionary is a boastful person. Other definition of blowhard is blustering or boastful.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLOWHARD


Ahmedabad
ˈɑːmədəˌbɑːd
backyard
ˌbæˈkjɑːd
card
kɑːd
courtyard
ˈkɔːtˌjɑːd
discard
dɪsˈkɑːd
guard
ɡɑːd
hard
hɑːd
Hyderabad
ˈhaɪdərəˌbɑːd
Islamabad
ɪzˈlɑːməˌbɑːd
Jacquard
ˈdʒækɑːd
MasterCard
ˈmɑːstəˌkɑːd
overhard
ˌəʊvəˈhɑːd
postcard
ˈpəʊstˌkɑːd
promenade
ˌprɒməˈnɑːd
regard
rɪˈɡɑːd
Riyadh
rɪˈjɑːd
rock-hard
ˌrɒkˈhɑːd
semihard
ˌsemɪˈhɑːd
vanguard
ˈvænˌɡɑːd
yard
jɑːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLOWHARD

blow-out
blow-up
blowback
blowball
blowdown
blower
blowfish
blowflies
blowfly
blowgun
blowhole
blowie
blowier
blowiest
blowiness
blowing up
blowkart
blowlamp
blown
blowoff

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLOWHARD

apple orchard
Beghard
chard
cherry orchard
clochard
die hard
die-hard
Eberhard
echard
Erhard
go hard
mouchard
orchard
pilchard
pochard
Richard
shard
Swiss chard
the Shard
Trenchard

Synonyms and antonyms of blowhard in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «blowhard» into 25 languages

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吹牛大王
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blowhard
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blowhard
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blowhard
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blowhard
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хвастун
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Translator English - Portuguese

fanfarrão
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blowhard
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blowhard
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Blowhard
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Angeber
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blowhard
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blowhard
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Blowhard
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blowhard
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blowhard
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फुलझाड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

palavracı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sbruffone
65 millions of speakers

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blowhard
50 millions of speakers

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хвалько
40 millions of speakers

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blowhard
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blowhard
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blowhard
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blowhard
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blowhard
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Trends of use of blowhard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOWHARD»

The term «blowhard» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.748 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOWHARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blowhard

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QUOTES WITH «BLOWHARD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blowhard.
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Dean Norris
To survive in a lot of male-dominated situations - the police, the military, what have you - you put on a bit of the crass, blowhard thing, because you just can't survive being the nice guy in those environments.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOWHARD»

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Jack Tench: or, The midshipman turned idler
Blowhard (pseud.) 4i. llllllllllll 600032540K 1 1* MIDSHIPMAN TURNED IDLER. BY BLOWHARD. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY W.
Blowhard (pseud.), 1841
2
Great Quicksolve Whodunit Puzzles: Mini-Mysteries for You to ...
Dr. J.L. Quicksolve did not care much for Benjamin Clayborn Blowhard, Sergeant Rebekah Shurshot's friend. His loud, bragging, haughty, know-it-all attitude and preposterous stories were quite counter to Dr. Quicksolve 's personal modesty ...
Jim Sukach, 1999
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Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist
aunt away, half-fainting into the house-boat. “ Come Blowhard; Rookington, my boy, let's have a bumper to drink perdition to all old harridans !—three glasses of grog, Tim, and make them strong. And as for Straddle —" “ What of him, sir?
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The Great Secret of Shadow Pantomimes: Or, Harlequin in the ...
Mr. Blowhard motions as if he was afraid he was going to fall, and holds up his hands as if prepared to catch him, if he should make a miss step. Then Dennis recovers himself, and goes slowly along to the other end ; then in coming back ...
Tony Denier, 1868
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The New Monthly Magazine
Oh ! Peter's my informant," said Blowhard, " he knows every thing,' and has doubtless administered a quantum suff of strong ale to her groom — a staid, stiff, old buffer in skyblue livery — and pumped him of all particulars." " Do you know Jilk3, ...
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New Monthly Magazine
Oh ! Peter's my informant," said Blowhard, " he knows every thing, and has doubtless administered a quantum suff of strong ale to her groom — a staid, stiff, old buffer in skyblue livery — and pumped him of all particulars." " Do you know Jilks, ...
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Sleeping Dragon, Rising Sun: A Companion for In Her ...
Lt Col Blowhard, Imperial Military College, 1894 The British Army in India is perhaps one of the most diverse on the planet. Besides the British troops the Army recruits local Indians, Sikhs and Ghurkhas to enforce its military, political and ...
Craig Cartmell, Charles Murton, 2014
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Blowhard: A Steampunk Fairy Tale
After staking their claim on the unforgiving Prairie, the three Hamm brothers' straw bale house is destroyed by a freak tornado. Can the brothers stop the dastardly blowhard behind it all? Or will their dreams get blown away?
Katina French, Katina French, 2013
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The New Monthly Magazine
Come Blowhard ; Rookington, my boy, let's have a bumper to drink perdition to all old harridans ! — three glasses of grog, Tim, and make them strong. And as for Straddle — " " What of him, sir?" inquired Blowhard, seeing that individual had ...
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, 1841
10
Peter Priggins, the College Scout
__ _ __—: '--- — ___§'L. -__ T '_ -..7 -— - Blowhard introduced himself, talked a little Oxford chit-chat, which seemed as mysterious as the “ unknown tongue” to Jilks, who merely did his part of the dialogue by looking choky, and nodding like a ...
Theodore Edward Hook, 1841

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLOWHARD»

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Why the U.S. Women's Soccer Team Are Champions of Flexible …
They survived only through great goalkeeping by Solo, (Senator Blowhard, er Blumenthal, notwithstanding) and won 3-1. Importantly, they ... «Inc.com, Jul 15»
2
Perry on Politics: Trumping the field
Significant numbers of voters in Iowa and New Hampshire and elsewhere don't appear to realize that Mr. Trump is a blowhard self-promoting ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Japan And U.S. Prepare For Robot War
... pondering the possibilities of a playful robot battle between indisputable champions in the field Japan and my blowhard homeland America. «Complex, Jul 15»
4
RABBLE ROUSER: GOP should stand up to Trump
The clown car sat in silence when NBC and Macy's did the right thing and dropped him like the blowhard he is. They made a statement. «Cherry Hill Courier Post, Jul 15»
5
Greece has captured its conqueror. Now the EU should forgive and …
If so, we might conclude that Greek social democracy was a greedy dud and that the country must reform - whatever its blowhard government ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Greece votes No and rejects eurozone bail-out deal: as it happened
If so, we might conclude that Greek social democracy was a greedy dud and that the country must reform - whatever its blowhard government ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Editorial: Bigotry is not "P.C.," it's just hateful
His blowhard style is also part of his shtick. “The Donald” is well aware that there is no such thing as bad publicity. Advertisement. Or is there? «The Delaware County Daily Times, Jul 15»
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True Detective: "Maybe Tomorrow" Review
Of course, there's also the none-too-subtle jab at Cary Fukunaga in the form of the blowhard movie director who looks shockingly similar to the ... «IGN, Jul 15»
9
Josh Hamilton may be headed back to the disabled list
Just out of curiosity, you ignorant blowhard, what specific examples can you give of his “whining,” his finger pointing at anyone else for his ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
10
The Times Doctrine on Bernie Sanders
... of a blowhard. Hers is not the first such article to appear on Sanders in the Times. Is it safe to predict that this will remain the paper's approach ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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