Definition of bloviate in English:

bloviate

verb ˈbləʊvɪeɪtˈblōvēˌāt

[no object]US informal

Talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way.
Example sentencesExamples
- He had apparently been bloviating about civilian casualties caused by military actions.
- Ignoring the underlying problems in the vaccine market and the fact that his proposed policies would export similar problems to other sectors of the pharmaceutical market, the candidate bloviated on the issue at a campaign speech in Ohio.
- Until this is corrected, a president and secretary of state bloviating about freedom and democracy is received by the rest of the world as mere window-dressing.
- We may have to listen to this obnoxious windbag for another 6 years, bloviating on the Senate floor unrestricted.
- One of the reasons I hate parenting books is that, for all their bloviating about breast feeding and educational mobiles, they never cover the issues of real practical importance in a young parent's life.
- All radio talk show hosts blab and bloviate about national security, safe borders, and political accountability.
- If so, maybe it will shut up him for a month or two; he has been bloviating about his 3.2 million-year-old specimen nonstop since 1974.
- It may be true that more men than women like to bloviate and ‘bat things out’ - socialization does count for something.
- There is also a chance that you may have the qualities he is bloviating about - though his instinct is to doubt that.
- As with you, their over-the-top bloviating for true believers is matched only by an eagerness to please their new corporate paymasters.
- But that is nothing compared to the 4-page bio on her shameless web site, which bloviates at length about, among other things, her ‘honorary degree’.
- Once again, an army of talk radio hosts have descended on a political convention there to inform, entertain, hopefully not bloviate.
- He spent his entire 10 minutes bloviating and talking about how much he liked him that the the time ran out and he didn't have time to even pose a question.
- These talk-radio hosts lie, distort, and bloviate, and nobody calls them on it.
- The historian who bloviated foolishly on evolutionary biology?
- Featuring no fewer than six emcees and the hypeman's bloviating inside of three minutes, it's the album's busiest number.
- You won't find me bloviating there as I do on my own blog.
- Finally, a very big thank you for the opportunity to use a larger megaphone to bloviate articulate my views… to an admittedly more skeptical audience.
- I don't bloviate for three hours and pull stuff out of my butt and mislead and lie.
- I have been told that the publication is little more than a dumping grounds for papers unpublishable in journals, and that the honoree's friends usually bloviate on their pet themes rather than present fresh work.

Derivatives

bloviation

noun

informal

What is more shameful is what they are covering, essentially human-interest stories, with long stretches of valuable airtime wasted with bloviation on trivial legal maneuvers.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's just with 24 hours to fill for the cable channels, and all those news magazine shows on the networks, there is also an awful lot of repetition, padding, filler, nonsense, bloviation, and nonsensical chatter - just like the Internet.
- But are these online oracles providing balance, or bloviation, or just pushing a partisan agenda?
- They seem to have abandoned the idea of doing serious scientific work altogether, and seem content to deal in propaganda and bloviation.
- Not to mention a lot of truly ignorant bloviation about how much Michael ‘hates America.’

bloviator

noun

informal

In a vacuum or at the state level they are vulnerable to the self-satisfied: cruisers, well-funded sinecures, bloviators, experts without portfolios or the simply ineffective.
Example sentencesExamples
- But for a moment, I want to pretend the bloviators are serious.
- Will the voters really return this bloviator to the Senate for another six years?
- Alice especially despised those sorts of affected fools found in disproportionately large numbers in academe: bloviators, bad photographers, bad writers, poseurs.
- They said I was jumping down from my perch and turning myself into just another bloviator in the unregulated, highly idiosyncratic and often preposterously self-indulgent crowd of bloggers.

Origin

Mid 19th century: perhaps from blow¹.

Definition of bloviate in US English:

bloviate

verbˈblōvēˌāt

[no object]US informal

Talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way.
Example sentencesExamples
- I have been told that the publication is little more than a dumping grounds for papers unpublishable in journals, and that the honoree's friends usually bloviate on their pet themes rather than present fresh work.
- Finally, a very big thank you for the opportunity to use a larger megaphone to bloviate articulate my views… to an admittedly more skeptical audience.
- There is also a chance that you may have the qualities he is bloviating about - though his instinct is to doubt that.
- I don't bloviate for three hours and pull stuff out of my butt and mislead and lie.
- These talk-radio hosts lie, distort, and bloviate, and nobody calls them on it.
- If so, maybe it will shut up him for a month or two; he has been bloviating about his 3.2 million-year-old specimen nonstop since 1974.
- We may have to listen to this obnoxious windbag for another 6 years, bloviating on the Senate floor unrestricted.
- But that is nothing compared to the 4-page bio on her shameless web site, which bloviates at length about, among other things, her ‘honorary degree’.
- Featuring no fewer than six emcees and the hypeman's bloviating inside of three minutes, it's the album's busiest number.
- All radio talk show hosts blab and bloviate about national security, safe borders, and political accountability.
- The historian who bloviated foolishly on evolutionary biology?
- Ignoring the underlying problems in the vaccine market and the fact that his proposed policies would export similar problems to other sectors of the pharmaceutical market, the candidate bloviated on the issue at a campaign speech in Ohio.
- Until this is corrected, a president and secretary of state bloviating about freedom and democracy is received by the rest of the world as mere window-dressing.
- Once again, an army of talk radio hosts have descended on a political convention there to inform, entertain, hopefully not bloviate.
- He spent his entire 10 minutes bloviating and talking about how much he liked him that the the time ran out and he didn't have time to even pose a question.
- One of the reasons I hate parenting books is that, for all their bloviating about breast feeding and educational mobiles, they never cover the issues of real practical importance in a young parent's life.
- He had apparently been bloviating about civilian casualties caused by military actions.
- As with you, their over-the-top bloviating for true believers is matched only by an eagerness to please their new corporate paymasters.
- You won't find me bloviating there as I do on my own blog.
- It may be true that more men than women like to bloviate and ‘bat things out’ - socialization does count for something.

Origin

Mid 19th century: perhaps from blow.

词汇	bloviate
释义	Definition of bloviate in English: bloviate verb ˈbləʊvɪeɪtˈblōvēˌāt [no object]US informal Talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way. Example sentencesExamples He had apparently been bloviating about civilian casualties caused by military actions. Ignoring the underlying problems in the vaccine market and the fact that his proposed policies would export similar problems to other sectors of the pharmaceutical market, the candidate bloviated on the issue at a campaign speech in Ohio. Until this is corrected, a president and secretary of state bloviating about freedom and democracy is received by the rest of the world as mere window-dressing. We may have to listen to this obnoxious windbag for another 6 years, bloviating on the Senate floor unrestricted. One of the reasons I hate parenting books is that, for all their bloviating about breast feeding and educational mobiles, they never cover the issues of real practical importance in a young parent's life. All radio talk show hosts blab and bloviate about national security, safe borders, and political accountability. If so, maybe it will shut up him for a month or two; he has been bloviating about his 3.2 million-year-old specimen nonstop since 1974. It may be true that more men than women like to bloviate and ‘bat things out’ - socialization does count for something. There is also a chance that you may have the qualities he is bloviating about - though his instinct is to doubt that. As with you, their over-the-top bloviating for true believers is matched only by an eagerness to please their new corporate paymasters. But that is nothing compared to the 4-page bio on her shameless web site, which bloviates at length about, among other things, her ‘honorary degree’. Once again, an army of talk radio hosts have descended on a political convention there to inform, entertain, hopefully not bloviate. He spent his entire 10 minutes bloviating and talking about how much he liked him that the the time ran out and he didn't have time to even pose a question. These talk-radio hosts lie, distort, and bloviate, and nobody calls them on it. The historian who bloviated foolishly on evolutionary biology? Featuring no fewer than six emcees and the hypeman's bloviating inside of three minutes, it's the album's busiest number. You won't find me bloviating there as I do on my own blog. Finally, a very big thank you for the opportunity to use a larger megaphone to bloviate articulate my views… to an admittedly more skeptical audience. I don't bloviate for three hours and pull stuff out of my butt and mislead and lie. I have been told that the publication is little more than a dumping grounds for papers unpublishable in journals, and that the honoree's friends usually bloviate on their pet themes rather than present fresh work. Derivatives bloviation noun US informal What is more shameful is what they are covering, essentially human-interest stories, with long stretches of valuable airtime wasted with bloviation on trivial legal maneuvers. Example sentencesExamples It's just with 24 hours to fill for the cable channels, and all those news magazine shows on the networks, there is also an awful lot of repetition, padding, filler, nonsense, bloviation, and nonsensical chatter - just like the Internet. But are these online oracles providing balance, or bloviation, or just pushing a partisan agenda? They seem to have abandoned the idea of doing serious scientific work altogether, and seem content to deal in propaganda and bloviation. Not to mention a lot of truly ignorant bloviation about how much Michael ‘hates America.’ bloviator noun US informal In a vacuum or at the state level they are vulnerable to the self-satisfied: cruisers, well-funded sinecures, bloviators, experts without portfolios or the simply ineffective. Example sentencesExamples But for a moment, I want to pretend the bloviators are serious. Will the voters really return this bloviator to the Senate for another six years? Alice especially despised those sorts of affected fools found in disproportionately large numbers in academe: bloviators, bad photographers, bad writers, poseurs. They said I was jumping down from my perch and turning myself into just another bloviator in the unregulated, highly idiosyncratic and often preposterously self-indulgent crowd of bloggers. Origin Mid 19th century: perhaps from blow¹. Definition of bloviate in US English: bloviate verbˈblōvēˌāt [no object]US informal Talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way. Example sentencesExamples I have been told that the publication is little more than a dumping grounds for papers unpublishable in journals, and that the honoree's friends usually bloviate on their pet themes rather than present fresh work. Finally, a very big thank you for the opportunity to use a larger megaphone to bloviate articulate my views… to an admittedly more skeptical audience. There is also a chance that you may have the qualities he is bloviating about - though his instinct is to doubt that. I don't bloviate for three hours and pull stuff out of my butt and mislead and lie. These talk-radio hosts lie, distort, and bloviate, and nobody calls them on it. If so, maybe it will shut up him for a month or two; he has been bloviating about his 3.2 million-year-old specimen nonstop since 1974. We may have to listen to this obnoxious windbag for another 6 years, bloviating on the Senate floor unrestricted. But that is nothing compared to the 4-page bio on her shameless web site, which bloviates at length about, among other things, her ‘honorary degree’. Featuring no fewer than six emcees and the hypeman's bloviating inside of three minutes, it's the album's busiest number. All radio talk show hosts blab and bloviate about national security, safe borders, and political accountability. The historian who bloviated foolishly on evolutionary biology? Ignoring the underlying problems in the vaccine market and the fact that his proposed policies would export similar problems to other sectors of the pharmaceutical market, the candidate bloviated on the issue at a campaign speech in Ohio. Until this is corrected, a president and secretary of state bloviating about freedom and democracy is received by the rest of the world as mere window-dressing. Once again, an army of talk radio hosts have descended on a political convention there to inform, entertain, hopefully not bloviate. He spent his entire 10 minutes bloviating and talking about how much he liked him that the the time ran out and he didn't have time to even pose a question. One of the reasons I hate parenting books is that, for all their bloviating about breast feeding and educational mobiles, they never cover the issues of real practical importance in a young parent's life. He had apparently been bloviating about civilian casualties caused by military actions. As with you, their over-the-top bloviating for true believers is matched only by an eagerness to please their new corporate paymasters. You won't find me bloviating there as I do on my own blog. It may be true that more men than women like to bloviate and ‘bat things out’ - socialization does count for something. Origin Mid 19th century: perhaps from blow.
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