Definition of bombast

• n. - Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.
• n. - Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.
• n. - Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
• a. - High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
• v. t. - To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
• n. - Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.
• n. - Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.
• n. - Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
• a. - High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
• v. t. - To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.