How to pronounce bloviate
American English pronunciation
BLOH-vee-ayt
- IPA
- /ˈbloʊviˌeɪt/
- Syllables
- BLOH · vee · ayt (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What bloviate means
To talk on and on in a showy, empty way
In a sentence: Uncle Ray likes to bloviate about his old football days.
Where it comes from: It's an American word from Ohio, first seen in 1845, made from "blow" and shaped like "deviate."
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