1. to speak or write in a pompous or boastful manner
Usage: informal; often derogatory

Examples

• The politician continued to bloviate about his accomplishments during the lengthy speech.
• Stop bloviating and get to the point.
• He tends to bloviate whenever he gets nervous at meetings.
• The professor would bloviate for hours without saying anything meaningful.
• Rather than bloviate about the problem, she offered practical solutions.
• The talk show host was known to bloviate about topics he knew little about.