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HOT AIR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loud and confused and empty talk

Example:

mere rhetoric

Synonyms:

empty talk; empty words; hot air; palaver; rhetoric

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hot air" is a kind of...):

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Air that has been heated and tends to rise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("hot air" is a kind of...):

air (a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of)

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