BLOAT

Bloat

Bloat is a fictional character from the Wild Cards series of books. He was created for the books by Stephen Leigh. An adolescent boy transformed by the Wild Card virus into a monstrous Joker, he resembles a tiny human torso atop a massively bloated sluglike body. Introduced in One-Eyed Jacks as Governor of the Rox he comes to prominence and full awareness of his vast powers in Jokertown Shuffle.

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bloat

Noun

  1. distention of the abdomen from death
  2. wasteful use of space
    Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.
  3. A worthless, dissipated fellow.

Verb

  1. to cause to become distended
  2. to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell
  3. to become distended; to swell up
  4. to fill with vanity or conceit
  5. to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking
    bloated herring

Adjective

  1. bloated


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