bloviate
verb/ˈbləʊvieɪt/
/ˈbləʊvieɪt/
[intransitive] (North American English, informal, disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bloviate | /ˈbləʊvieɪt/ /ˈbləʊvieɪt/ |
| he / she / it bloviates | /ˈbləʊvieɪts/ /ˈbləʊvieɪts/ |
| past simple bloviated | /ˈbləʊvieɪtɪd/ /ˈbləʊvieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle bloviated | /ˈbləʊvieɪtɪd/ /ˈbləʊvieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form bloviating | /ˈbləʊvieɪtɪŋ/ /ˈbləʊvieɪtɪŋ/ |
- to talk or write in a way that shows that you think you know a lot and have something important to say, when in fact you do not know much and have nothing important to say
- All radio talk show hosts blab and bloviate about national security.
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