Hot air

Synonyms for "hot air" (109 found)

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Closest matches (22)

babble babblement balderdash baloney bavardage bibble-babblebig talkbilge blab blabber blah blah-blah blather blether blethers bluff bluster bombast bombastry bop

Noun(2 words)

bluster blusters

Strong matches (33)

bosh bull bullshit buncombe bunk bunkum bushwa cackle caquet caqueterie chat chatter chitter-chatter clack clatter crap drivel droolfancy talkfine talk

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fire stormfish storyflapdoodle flimflam froth fustian gab gabble gas gibber

Noun(3 words)

empty talkempty wordsfroth

Related words (54)

gibble-gabble gobbledygook gossip guff gup highfalutin highfaluting hogwash hokum hooeyidle talkjabber malarkeymere talkmoonshine mouth natter nonsensenonsense talkpalaver

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patter piffle poppycock prate prating prattleprittle prattleprittle-prattle rant raving rodomontade rot scat shit stuffsuperheated airtalktalkee talkeetalkee-talkeetall storytall talkthermaltittle tattletittle-tattle tommyrot tripe twaddle twattle wind yak yakkety-yak

Noun(2 words)

palaver rhetoric

Adjective(1 words)

warm air current

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6 entries

air bunk hokum meaninglessness nonsense nonsensicality

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

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"You'll never get anywhere so long as youse trail with that reform bunch. It's all hot air and tomfool theory."

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"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?"

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Some of the steam in Washington rises from real issues, but a lot is the hot air of partisan politics.

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