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bloviatebloviate /ˈbloʊviˌeɪt/ verb [intransitive] informal VERB TABLEbloviate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | bloviate, bloviating | | he, she, it | bloviates, bloviating | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bloviated, bloviating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bloviated, bloviating | | he, she, it | has bloviated, bloviating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bloviated, bloviating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bloviate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bloviated, bloviating |
to talk about something for a long time in a way that tries to make you seem important, which other people think is boring or annoying: a reporter who bloviates about political issues on TV talk shows |