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blowing smokephrasepresent participle of blow smoke to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excessHe's been blowing smoke about his accomplishments all afternoon. blowing, boasting, bragging, bulling(slang), crowing, gasconading, swaggering, vaporing, vaunting blustering, haranguing, puffingpridinggushingexulting, glorying, rejoicingbrandishing, displaying, exhibiting, exposing, flaunting, glorifying, parading, showing offmagnifying, maximizing belittling, deprecating, diminishing, discounting, laughing off, minimizing, playing down, pooh-poohing(also poohing), shrugging off, underrating, undervaluingbemoaning, lamenting, mourning, regretting to engage in casual or rambling conversationShe has a habit of blowing smoke when she gets nervous. babbling, blabbing, cackling, chaffering(British), chattering, chatting, chinning(slang), conversing, gabbing, gabbling, gassing, jabbering, jawing, kibitzing(also kibbitzing), nattering, palavering, pattering, prating, prattling, rapping, rattling, running on, schmoozing(or shmoozing), talking, twittering, visiting gossiping, tattlingdescanting, discussing, expatiatingyakking(also yacking), yammering, yapping chewing the fat(also chewing the rag), shooting the breeze, talking a blue streak |