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hot air

noun

Definitions

  1. Air that has been heated, especially so as to function as the lifting agent of a hot-air…

    Air that has been heated, especially so as to function as the lifting agent of a hot-air balloon.

    • The balloon was equipped with a burner to create hot air for lift.

  2. Empty, confused, or exaggerated talk lacking meaning or substance

    Empty, confused, or exaggerated talk lacking meaning or substance; bluster.

    • "You'll never get anywhere so long as youse trail with that reform bunch. It's all hot air and tomfool theory."
    • "You give me a lot of hot air about your conscience. Why don't you get a soap-box and preach on the street-corners?"
    • Some of the steam in Washington rises from real issues, but a lot is the hot air of partisan politics.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA