The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BORE , but the solution may also be BELLOWS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Windbag crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BORE | 44 % | 4 |
| BLOWHARD | 22 % | 8 |
| GASSER | 11 % | 6 |
| BLATHERER | 11 % | 9 |
| BELLOWS | 11 % | 7 |
Why may BELLOWS be the right solution?
The word "windbag" is a slang term for someone who talks too much. A bellows is a device used to blow air into a fire, and its design involves expanding and contracting like lungs. Therefore, "windbag" is a clever play on words, as a bellows is an object that blows air, much like a person who talks too much can be described as a "windbag."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Windbag
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gasbag
- gabber
- bore
- blowhard
- spouter
- blowhards
- blatherskite
- loudmouth
- nincompoop
- moralizer
- poltroon
- pantywaist
Crossword Answer definitions
BORE noun- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Something dull or uninteresting
- Calibre; importance.
- To inspire boredom in somebody.
- To make a hole through something.
- To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
- To fool; to trick.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
- To support, sustain, or endure.
- To support, keep up, or maintain.
- To press or impinge upon.
- To produce, yield, give birth to.
- (originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
- To gain or win.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result BORE
- Brought forth
- Induce yawning
- Put to sleep
- See 33A
- Predictable person
- Make a tunnel
- "A person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it," according to Henry Ford
- "It's such a ___ Being always Poor" (Langston Hughes)
- 20-Across, e.g., especially during solving
- Annoying drip
More clues leading to the result BLOWHARD
- Boastful windbag
- Windbag
- Braggart: Slang.
- Empty braggart.
- Boastful one: Slang.
- Boastful talker: Slang.
- Braggart
- Windbag's cousin
- Outspoken hotshot
- Arrogant loudmouth
More clues leading to the result GASSER
- Very funny joke
- Rib-tickler
- Funny joke, slangily
- Knee-slapper
- Laugh riot
- Riot
- Funny joke
- Guffaw provoker
- Hilarious joke
- Thigh-slapper