bloviate

The definition of bloviate is to speak for a long time in an arrogant way.

(verb)

An example of bloviate is for a person to give a lengthy speech about how great he is.

See bloviate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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intransitive verb bloviated, bloviating

to speak at some length bombastically or rhetorically

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See bloviate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb blo·vi·at·ed, blo·vi·at·ing, blo·vi·ates
Slang

To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner: “the rural Babbitt who bloviates about ‘progress’ and ‘growth’” (George Rebeck).

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Origin: Mock-Latinate formation, from blow¹

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